Structural steel design of a canopy

Τίτλος

Structural steel design of a canopy

Θέμα

Building, Iron and steel

Steel, Structural

Δημιουργός

Hadjigeorgiou, Demetris

Πηγή

Higher Technical Institute

Το πλήρες κείμενο είναι διαθέσιμο από το Υπουργείο Ενέργειας, Εμπορίου Βιομηχανίας και Τουρισμού.

Εκδότης

Library of Cyprus University of Technology

Ημερομηνία

2006

Δικαιώματα

Απαγορεύεται η δημοσίευση ή αναπαραγωγή, ηλεκτρονική ή άλλη χωρίς τη γραπτή συγκατάθεση του δημιουργού και κάτοχου των πνευματικών δικαιωμάτων.

Μορφή

pdf

Γλώσσα

en

Τύπος

text

Αναγνωριστικό

CED0418

Σύνοψη

As the time goes by steel construction becomes a more frequently use for larger buildings or projects. A steel frame structure consist of a skeletal framework which carries all the loads which the structure is subjected to and its task is to transfer those loads safely to the foundations.
The general idea of a steel structure is that all the loads are transferred from the floors to the floor beams and from there to the girders. From the girders the loads are transferred to the columns. Loads are pass down from all the floors of the structures via the columns and finally are transmitted to the foundations and the soil.
For the designing of steel structures a steel design code was created. When we refer to the term design we mean the selection of the proper section size to have the needed moment and shear capacity. After the proper section is selected then the proper connections are needed to be selected.
For terms of safety the sections used must have higher capacity from what is actually required.
All the steel members are produced and fabricated beforehand in standard size and sections thus the designer has to choose from those standardized steel members.
In our days various computer programs were created for the purpose of assisting the engineer to design and create clearer design documents.
This project is concerned with the design of a canopy using computer program ST AAD Pro 2004. Before the computer program is used for the design of the canopy it was used to solve smaller steel structures that were also solved by hand. Thus the results taken by the ST AAD Pro 2004 program were compared with the results obtained from our calculations.