Lateral drift constrained structural optimization of an actual supertall building acted by wind load

Abstract

AbstractRecent trends towards constructing taller and increasingly slender buildings imply that these structures are more sensitive to wind excitation. This paper presents a technique for the wind‐resistant optimal design of supertall buildings with a complex structural system including concrete‐filled steel tube columns, shear walls, and various types of beams and columns. In each optimal design cycle, the dynamic wind load acting on a building is transformed into a set of multiple‐oriented equivalent static wind loads, which converts the optimal design for a building acted by dynamic loads into a simpler optimal design problem that considers only static loads. The objective function and constraint functions are explicitly formulated for various types of frame and area members, and consequently, the optimal design problem is mathematically modeled. The optimality criteria method is employed to seek a solution to the optimal design problem. A 68‐story actual supertall building with a height of 303 m is considered for a case study. The obtained results show that the presented technique is capable of giving a good numerical optimal solution for practical use. The technique and results obtained from this study are valuable for academic and professional engineers involved in wind engineering and structural design.