This particular scholarly journal discusses the need for overly robust building structures and how this is adequately achieved. Buildings are designed to be more than what is needed in case of an accidental failure. This way when a failure occurs, the building can absorb the energy while keeping the relative original shape. Essentially creating a building that is robust means that the building is over designed to a certain extent.
This journal attempts to determine at what extent the building should be robust in order to remain safe and more cost efficient. By over designing the building, the cost will increase. The author performed different case studies in order to find out the relative percentage of over design that should be used for a typical failure. Buildings are not built to withstand all of nature's fury just because it is not economically feasible therefore they are only built slightly stronger than what is needed for a typical location.
I agree with this. If everyone designed buildings to withstand all of natures fury, everything would be way over priced and blucky. Plus there is no real way to design for everything that nature can throw at you. For example it would be impossible to design a 10 story building to withstand 200 mph winds produced in a tornado. So, instead you design for the highest 50 year wind speed in that location.
ReplyDeleteIt makes sense to design a building for the area in which it will be built. There has to be a point that a line is drawn between over-kill and sufficient. Design for the extreme conditions of the area where the structure is to be built.
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