Tall buildings have generally been developed as solo towers. As tall buildings become ever taller, how to produce reasonably increased structural depths against lateral wind loads and maintain desirable lease depths simultaneously are critical design considerations. Conjoined towers have great potential to resolve these structural and architectural design issues holistically. While many different structural configurations are possible for conjoined towers, the concept of superframed conjoined towers is a viable option for superior performance. In the superframed conjoined towers studied in this paper, multiple braced tube towers are connected also with horizontal braced tube link structures. Various parameters of the link structures, such as stiffness, numbers, and locations, impact the structural performance of the superframed conjoined towers. As the structural design of tall buildings is generally governed by lateral stiffness, this paper investigates the lateral performance of superframed conjoined towers with variously configured link structures. While emphasis is placed on static responses in relation to architectural design, basic dynamic properties are also studied.

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超框架连体塔结构性能

高层建筑通常被开发为单独的塔楼。随着高层建筑变得越来越高，如何合理增加结构深度以抵抗横向风荷载并同时保持理想的租赁深度是关键的设计考虑因素。连体塔具有从整体上解决这些结构和建筑设计问题的巨大潜力。虽然连体塔可以采用多种不同的结构配置，但超框架连体塔的概念是实现卓越性能的可行选择。在本文研究的超框架连体塔中，多个支撑管塔也采用水平支撑管连接结构连接。连杆结构的各种参数，如刚度、数量和位置，都会影响超框架连体塔的结构性能。由于高层建筑的结构设计通常受横向刚度控制，本文研究了具有各种配置连接结构的超框架连体塔的横向性能。虽然重点放在与建筑设计相关的静态响应上，但也研究了基本的动态特性。