Shoaib Khalfey

Structural Engineer at bmastudio

Which is the most critical vertical irregularity in high rise building and why ?
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Peter Placzek how long is a piece of string?
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Chris Lindner Nice answer Peter, consistent until the very last day of the year
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Nadim Ayche, P.E. Shoaib, I am not sure that there is an absolute answer for this question. But I would typically rather not to
have the soft story irregularity, especially the extreme soft-story. I don't actually remember having that on a project, it is against
the typical flow of how architects think. But I had the weight irregularity and the vertical geometric irregularity on projects. That
is not a big deal really, but I would definitely be using dynamic response spectrum for seismic analysis even if it is in a low
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 Kamal Tafish I think it is not a particular question?

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Ghassan Bachir Weak story in Canadian is not allowed .
Where any floor has a shear capacity( concrete + reinforcement ) that is lower than the same for any floor above.
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Khalid Mateen Interesting Ghassan, is it due to seismic that it is now allowed?
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Zahid H. You may take a look at ASCE 7, If not already.
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Wenderade Beshada In principle, High rise buildings with a critical irregularity in elevation were those which are failed to
have constant or gradually reducing lateral stiffness and mass (inertia). Particularly buildings which have an abrupt change from
base to the top are the common one having irregularity in elevation. In practice building with 20% change in plan dimension
between successive floors are assumed to be irregular in elevation. For practical reason its good to be code-compliant.Show less
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Peter Placzek Weak story not allowed? Complete rubbish!
You just need to know how to deal with it.
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Ghassan Bachir Thanks Peter for you nice comment.
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Luisito Sta. Ines, M. ASCE 12.3.3.1 of ASCE 7-10 lists the prohibited types of horizontal and vertical irregularities for SDC
E and F as well as Type 5b vertical irregularity for SDC D (refer to Tables 12.3-1 and 12.3-2 for the list of horizontal and vertical
irregularities). It's best to follow advice of authorities. I admonish and encourage practicing structural engineers to be cautious
always, do not be reckless and do not risk nor endanger lives and property of your clients as well as innocent people around the
building. When your structure is situated in a bad seismic-prone site, those irregularities are then the most critical ones, to answer
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Date : 03 Jan 2018