Abstract: As the height of a tall building increases, the lateral deflection of the structure caused by lateral loading is amplified by gravity loads, since the latter becomes eccentric. The second-order effect may become significant ...

Abstract: Based on the displacement variational principle, this paper presents a general consistent method, called the spline finite member element method, for buckling analysis of thin-walled eccentric compressive members with ...

Abstract: In this paper, a general method, called the spline finite member element method, is developed for spatial buckling analysis of thin-walled eccentric compressive members with arbitrary cross sections, considering warping. ...

Abstract: In this paper the resulting equation for natural vibration of buildings with coupled shear walls is proved to be the forth-order Sturm–Liouville differential equation, and a hand method for determining the first two periods ...