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QUESTIONNAIRE


Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM)
Master Student in Civil Engineering (Structure)

SURVEY ON THE APPLICATION OF BRACED AND UNBRACED FRAME
IN REINFORCED CONCRETE STRUCTURES.

Please thick _ on space provided or *state your answer.

Part A : General Information

1. Service: Government Sector, Private Sector

2. Designation: Engineer, Senior Engineer (>10 years experience)

3. Education: Degree
Master Degree in *..
PhD

4. Working experience in structural design:
< 5 years, 5- 10 years, > 10 years


Part B : Design Experience

1. The largest size of structures you have designed?
< 5 storeys
6 15 storeys
> 15 storeys

2. What kind of structural elements are usually usedas bracing members:
Shear wall cross members
Infillbricks panel others *.

3. What is the standard code of Practice mostly referred to in Malaysia to carry out wind
loading analysis on a building?
*.

4. Where should the shear walls be located on the plan of a buildings to resist wind forces
in both longitudinal and transverse direction?
*..

5. Is it necessary that the position of shear walls (on plan) to be symmetry about the
longitudinal and transverse axes of a building?
*..

6. Should there be any extra considerations if the location of shear walls is not symmetry.
*
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7. Is there a height limit in terms of the number of storey where a building can be
designed as unbraced structures?
YES NO


8. If the answer for question 3 is YES what is the limit*storeys.


9. If a building is taller than the limit stated in question 4, it should be designed as a braced
building.
Agree Disagree


10. Can a high rise building of say, 25 storeys be designed without bracing system?
YES *
NO *


11. Many designers believe that in a building of up to 10 storey high, the wind force is
insignificant and therefore could be neglected in the design.
TRUE NOT TRUE


12. Can a medium and/or high rise building designed without any bracing system be as safe
as that with the bracing system if the RIGID beam-column connections exist?
YES NO


13. Does a braced building COST more than the identical unbraced building due to the need
to provide the bracing members such as the shear wall?
YES NO


14. The taller the building, the larger is the wind force to be resisted, hence the larger need
to provide the bracing element.
YES NO


15. Are the height of the building and the wind speed influence the decision in adopting
braced/unbraced structure?
YES NO


16. Although the unbraced structures are without bracing members, the larger forces carried
by the structural element would result in larger member size or amount of reinforcement.
This would offset the benefit gained from omitting the bracing members.
YES NO


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THANK YOU FOR YOUR COOPERATION 5 May 2014