Abstract:Nowadays, due to architectural necessities, structures have emerged in many different plane shapes, such as U, V, L T and others. It is important to establish if a nonrectangular shape causes important changes both for the bearing and non-bearing elements, compared to a rectangular one. The paper shows the impact a buildings shapes on the partitioning walls. For this paper the structures in study are two high rise reinforced concrete walls buildings placed in a high seismic area (Bucharest, Romania). The parti… Show more
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