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    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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    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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    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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