Research and Applications in Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation – Zingoni (Ed.)
© 2013 Taylor & Francis Group, London, ISBN 978-1-138-00061-2
Effect of serviceability limits on optimal design of steel portal frames
T.D. Phan & J.H. Lim
Department of Civil Engineering, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia
J.B.P. Lim & W. Sha
SPACE, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, UK
T.T. Tanyimboh
Department of Civil Engineering, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK
M. Dundu
Department of Civil Engineering, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa
ABSTRACT: The design of hot-rolled steel portal frames can be sensitive to serviceability deflections. In
such cases, in order to reduce frame deflections, practitioners