SOFTWARE TOOL FOR INNOVATIVE ANALYSIS OF MULTI STORIED RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS

Abstract

One of the main problems in our country is migration to major cities which is resulting in reduction of land for occupation in cities. In regard to this, there is an increase in construction of multi-storied residential buildings. So there is a need for fast analysis of simple structures. This paper aims at developing a software tool for performing the static and dynamic analysis of regular and simple multi-storied structures. The tool shall provides a user friendly GUI for the calculation of shear force and bending moments of the beams and frames of a structure, dynamic response at each floor level to assess the amount of damage the building can undergo and finally to check whether the building is susceptible to earthquakes occurred in the past. Usual input parameters are structural dimensions, type of loads, type of structure, purpose of structure and location. This tool is will help architects and engineers during design of earthquake resistant structures.