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Steel, Concrete and Composite Design of Tall Buildings, 2nd Revisededition--------------------------------------------------Thoroughly updated, this superbly illustrated handbook provides a uniquelypractical perspective on all aspects of steel, concrete, and compositeuse in the design of tall buildings. It alerts professionals to thelatest codes and ANSI standards and includes dozens of case studiesof important buildings throughout the world, providing in-depth insightinto why and how specific structural system choices were made. It alsodiscusses recent studies of seismic vulnerability, the effect of windand seismic forces on design decisions, the use of lateral bracingconcepts and gravity-based systems, computer modeling techniques thatforecast the response of buildings to various forces, and much more.--------------------------------------------------Author Biography: Bungale S. Taranath, Ph.D., DE, FI, Struct E, issenior project manager with the largest consulting firm in the UnitedStates, at John A. Martin and Associates, located in Los Angeles, California.He has extensive experience in the design of concrete, steel, and compositetall buildings, and has served as principal-in-charge on many notablehigh-rise projects. He has held positions as a senior project engineerin Chicago, Illinois, and as vice president and principal-in-chargewith two consulting firms in Houston, Texas. He is a fellow the Institutionof Structural Engineers, London, England, a member of the AmericanSociety of Civil Engineers and the American Concrete Institute, anda registered structural and professional engineer in several states.He has conducted research into the behavior of tall buildings and shearwall structures and is the author of a number of published papers ontorsion analysis and multistory construction projects, including StructuralAnalysis and Design of Tall Buildings, published by McGraw-Hill.