High-Rise Building Under Multi-Hazard Environment

1 Introduction1£®1 Background1£®2 Major Challenges of the Research1£®3 Monograph OrganizationReferences2 Overview on Performance-Based Engineering Under Multihazard Environments2£®1 Performance-Based Engineering and Design2£®1£®1 Performance-Based Seismic Design (PBSD)2£®1£®2 Performance-Based Wind-Resistant Design (PBWD)2£®1£®3 Prediction of Typhoon and Its Risk by Simulation2£®1£®4 Uncertainty Modeling in Wind Engineering2£®2 Dynamic Response Analysis of High-Rise Buildings2£®2£®1 Analysis Method in Time Domain2£®2£®2 Analysis Method in Frequency Domain2£®3 StrucLural Design Optinuzation2£®3£®1 Classical Optimization Method2£®3£®2 Formulations for Structural Optimization2£®3£®3 Dynamic Response Optimization2£®4 Reliability-Based Design Optimization2£®4£®1 Roliability Analysis Method2£®4£®2 Reliabiliry Index Opcimization Approach2£®4£®3 Performance Measure Optimization Approach2£®5 SummaryReferences3 A Hybrid RANS and Kinematic Simulation of Wind Load Effects on Full-Scale Tall Buildings3£®1 Introduction3£®2 RANS Simulation of Mean Flow Field3£®3 Kinematic Simulation of Fluctuating Velocity Field and Poisson Equation3£®3£®1 Energy Density of Anisotropic Turbulence Near the Ground3£®3£®2 Energy Density of Anisotropic Turbulence Near the Ground3£®3£®3 Pressure Fluctuations Associated with Simulated Velocity Fields3£®4 Case Study3£®4£®1 Wind Tunnel-Based Pressure Measurements3£®4£®2 Numerical Simulation3£®5 Results and Discussion3£®5£®1 RANS Simulation3£®5£®2 Kinematic Simulation3£®5£®3 Results of Pressure Fluctuations3£®6 ConclusionsReferences4 Peak Distributions and Peak Factors of Wind-Induced Pressure Processes on Tall Buildings4£®1 Introduction4£®2 Peak Factors for Non-Gaussian Processes4£®2£®1 Hermit£®e Moment-Based Method4£®2£®2 Revised Hermite Model (RHM)4£®2£®3 Generalized Peak Factor Considering Bandwidth Parameter4£®2£®4 Skewness-Dependent Peak Factor4£®3 Peak Distribut£®ion Models4£®4 Asymptotic Extreme Value Distribution and Fractile Levels4£®5 Translated-Peak-Process Method4£®5£®1 Determination of Statistica£®l Parameters of Weibull Distribution4£®5£®2 Procedure of Translated-Peak-Process (TPP) Method4£®6 Comparison of Different Approaches Using the CAARC Building4£®6£®1 Wind Tunnel-Based Pressure Measurements4£®6£®2 Non-Gaussian Properties of Wind Pressure4£®6£®3 Peak Factor Results and Discussions4£®7 SummaryReferences5 Time-Domain Dynamic Drift Optimization of Tall Buildings Subject to Stochastic Excitation6 Integrated Structural Optimization and Vibration Control for Improving Dynamic Performance of Tall Buildings7 Performance-Based Design Optimization of Wind-Excited Tall Buildings8 Dynamic Identification and Performance Assessment on a Full-Scale Tall Building9 Multihazard Performance Assessments of a High Rise Building in Hong Kong