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MOMENT RESISTING FRAMES X

This document discusses methods for analyzing multi-story building frames subjected to lateral loads. It describes three common approximate analysis methods: the portal method, cantilever method, and factor method. The portal method is most commonly used for buildings up to 25 stories. The cantilever method gives better results for tall, narrow buildings up to 35 stories. The factor method is more accurate but requires knowing each member's stiffness. More exact analyses can be done using stiffness or flexibility matrix methods, especially for buildings with heights less than 5 times their width.

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MOMENT RESISTING FRAMES X

This document discusses methods for analyzing multi-story building frames subjected to lateral loads. It describes three common approximate analysis methods: the portal method, cantilever method, and factor method. The portal method is most commonly used for buildings up to 25 stories. The cantilever method gives better results for tall, narrow buildings up to 35 stories. The factor method is more accurate but requires knowing each member's stiffness. More exact analyses can be done using stiffness or flexibility matrix methods, especially for buildings with heights less than 5 times their width.

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MOMENT RESISTING

FRAMES
Multi-storey building frames subjected to lateral
loads are statically indeterminate and exact
analysis by hand calculation takes much time
and effort. Using simplifying assumptions,
approximate analyses of these frames yield good
estimate of member forces in the frame, which
can be used for checking the member sizes. The
following methods can be employed for lateral
load analysis of rigidly jointed frames.

• The Portal Method


• The Cantilever Method
• The Factor Method
The portal method and cantilever method
yield good results only when the height of
a building is approximately more than five
times its least lateral dimension. Either
classical techniques such as slope
deflection or moment distribution methods
or computer methods using stiffness or
flexibility matrices can be used if a more
exact result is desired.
The Portal Method

This method is satisfactory for buildings up to


25 stories, hence is the most commonly used
approximate method for analyzing tall buildings.

The Cantilever Method

This method gives good results for high-narrow


buildings compared to those from the Portal
method and it may be used satisfactorily for
buildings of 25 to 35 storeys tall. It is not as
popular as the portal method.
The Factor Method

This method is more accurate than either the


portal method or the cantilever method. The
portal method and cantilever method depend on
assumed location of hinges and column shears
whereas the factor method is based on the
assumptions regarding the elastic action of the
structure. For the application of Factor method,
the relative stiffness (k = I/l), for each beam and
column should be known or assumed, where, I is
the moment of inertia and l is the length of the
member.
B = joint constant
6. Compute girder shears

The girder shear is equal to the sum of the girder end


moments divided by length of girder.

The girder shears are written at the middle of the


girder and enclosed by parenthesis to separate it from
the girder end moments.

7. Compute column shears

The column shear is equal to the sum of the column


end moments divided by length of column.
The column shears are written at the middle of the
column and enclosed by parenthesis to separate it
from the column end moments.
3m

3m

3m

4m

4m 8m 6m
Seatwork

3m

4m

4m 8m

Determine the moment, shear, and axial forces of all


members of the frame. Tabulate results.

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