Optimum Design of Braced Steel Space Frames including Soil-Structure Interaction via Teaching-Learning-Based Optimization and Harmony Search Algorithms

Table 2

Wind loads calculated for the 10-storey braced frame [36].

Floor	X-direction		Y-direction
	Distributed windward force (kN/m)	Distributed leeward force (kN/m)	Distributed windward force (kN/m)	Distributed leeward force (kN/m)
1	2.33	2.32	2.33	2.63
2	2.66	2.32	2.66	2.63
3	2.99	2.32	2.99	2.63
4	3.24	2.32	3.24	2.63
5	3.46	2.32	3.46	2.63
6	3.64	2.32	3.64	2.63
7	3.81	2.32	3.81	2.63
8	3.95	2.32	3.95	2.63
9	4.09	2.32	4.09	2.63
10	2.11	1.16	2.11	1.32