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Lecture 14.9 : Methods of Analysis for Multi-Storey Frames
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1. INTRODUCTION
2. OBJECTIVES AND PRELIMINARY CONSIDERATIONS
3. ACTIONS
3.1 Permanent Actions
3.2 Variable Actions - Imposed Load
3.3 Variable actions - Wind Loads
3.4 Seismic Actions
3.5 Temperature
4. LIMIT STATES
4.1 Ultimate Limit State
4.2 Serviceability Limit State
5. FRAME CLASSIFICATION
5.1 Classification as Braced or Unbraced
5.2 Classification as Sway or Non-Sway
6. ALLOWANCE FOR IMPERFECTIONS
7. ANALYSIS MODEL AND METHOD
7.1 Simple Framing
7.2 Continuous Frames
7.2.1 Elastic first order analysis
7.2.2 Plastic global analysis
8. CONCLUDING SUMMARY
9. REFERENCES