High-RiseBuildingsIntroductionItisdifficulttodefineahigh-risebuilding
Onemaysaythatalow-risebuildingrangesfrom1to2stories
Amedium-risebuildingprobablyrangesbetween3or4storiesupto10or20storiesormore
Althoughthebasicprinciplesofverticalandhorizontalsubsystemdesignremainthesameforlow-,medium-,orhigh-risebuildings,whenabuildinggetshightheverticalsubsystemsbecomeacontrollingproblemfortworeasons
Higherverticalloadswillrequirelargercolumns,walls,andshafts
But,moresignificantly,theoverturningmomentandthesheardeflectionsproducedbylateralforcesaremuchlargerandmustbecarefullyprovidedfor
Theverticalsubsystemsinahigh-risebuildingtransmitaccumulatedgravityloadfromstorytostory,thusrequiringlargercolumnorwallsectionstosupportsuchloading
Inadditionthesesameverticalsubsystemsmusttransmitlateralloads,suchasw