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Optimum Design of Outrigger and Belt Truss Systems Using Genetic Algorithm



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Radu Hulea, Bianca Parv, Monica Nicoreac and Bogdan Petrina

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DOI:10.17265/1934-7359/2014.06.005

Department of Structural Mechanics, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Cluj-Napoca 400020, Romania

There are many structural lateral systems used in tall buildings: rigid frames, braced frames, shear walls, tubular structures and core structures. The outrigger and belt truss systems are efficient structures for drift control and base moment reduction in tall buildings where the core alone is not rigid enough to resist lateral loads. Perimeter columns are mobilized for increasing the effective width of the structure, and they developed tension in the windward columns and compression in the leeward columns. Optimum locations for the outriggers have been studied because of the influence on the top displacement and base moment in the core. It was analyzed the optimal position for two to seven outriggers and belt trusses, aiming to achieve minimum bending moment and minimum drift.

Outrigger system, optimum location, genetic algorithm.