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Building optimization : an integrated approach to the design of tall buildings

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Coleman, Keith LaMar
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Integrated approach to the design of tall buildings
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering.
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Jerome J. Connor.
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Abstract
There has been much research done on building optimization that deal with the issues within specific individual fields, such as architecture, structural engineering, and construction engineering. However, in practical application these issues must be addressed in a much more holistic manner as building design is becoming much more inclusive. A balance must be made that addresses the constructability and scheduling concerns of the contractor, the enclosure and spatial concerns of the architect, and finally the load-carrying concerns of the structural engineer. What if these issues were considered altogether and integrated more fully into building optimization? These issues and concerns would indubitably result in compromise solutions and tradeoffs that would have to be taken into account. This research will not only investigate and utilize current optimization techniques for the conceptual design of tall buildings, but also introduce a new metric in the dynamic analysis of high rise structures.
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Thesis (M. Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2007.
 
Includes bibliographical references (p. 73-75).
 
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2007
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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/38942
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Keywords
Civil and Environmental Engineering.

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