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Table 3 Optimum locations and maximum DAS with the constant-area scheme.

From: Optimum Locations of Outriggers in a Concrete Tall Building to Reduce Differential Axial Shortening

Number of outriggers

General model

Constant- section model

Constant-stress model

0

None

None

None

0.10993 [1.000]

0.10567 [1.000]

0.10010 [1.000]

1

60a

45

58

0.05466b [0.497]c

0.05024 [0.475]

0.05573 [0.557]

2

68

53

68

47

36

49

0.03862 [0.351]

0.03687 [0.349]

0.04354 [0.435]

3

70

57

72

52

43

60

32

31

44

0.03253 [0.296]

0.03076 [0.291]

0.03794 [0.379]

4

72

59

74

63

47

67

51

37

56

35

28

42

0.02798 [0.255]

0.02741 [0.259]

0.03487 [0.348]

  1. a Optimum location of outrigger.
  2. b Maximum DAS.
  3. c Ratio of maximum DAS to maximum DAS of the none-outrigger case.