Computerized design of an industrial building

Τίτλος

Computerized design of an industrial building

Θέμα

Industrial buildings

Civil engineers

Computer software--Develepment

Δημιουργός

Djiomo, William

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

2009

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

CED0443

Σύνοψη

Now days, construction engineers and managers are faced with unprecedented challenges in planning, designing and managing the construction process while at the same maintaining the public and private facilities required to met our complex society's needs.
One can only imagine what a society without Civil Engineers would result in, most probably a flat, monotonous and plain structural landscape with
little or no neither organizational nor sanitary order. Civil Engineers take on the important role of the planner; they design, construct and operate systems and structure that are of great importance to society. These systems and structures include huge suspended bridges, underwater
highways, huge dams, international airports, subways and water treatment plants.
With the huge technological advancement that faces our society on a day to day basis, it is more than obvious the computers have taken on serious role not only in our everyday lives but also in ours professional
careers. Nowadays, the use of the computers has overcome dull, timeconsuming activities and reformed them into much compressed and sometimes even fun activities.
For the purpose of this project, I have been given the opportunity to use the prominent "user friendly" Civil Engineer program, known as STAAD
pro to analyze and design an industrial building, while concurrently taking into consideration other variables such as its wind loads, its imposed load, its dead load etc.
It is known and understood in this industry that the program, STAAD pro is the professional's choice for steel, concrete, timber, aluminum and
cold-formed steel structures and thus it is currently used by over 90% of the UK universities and many other universities in Europe. The main advantage of STAAD pro is that it is "user friendly" and features state of
the art user interface, excellent visualization tools combined with powerful analysis and design engines that have advanced finite element and dynamic analysis capabilities.
It is merely ironic that STAAD pro was originally developed by practicing engineers for practicing engineers around the globe. For over 20 years it
has been changed and overcome many barriers and is now closely and constantly guides by a premier industry based committee and for those
who understand ISO regulations, it is the only Structural Analysis and Design software whose maker i'neets the rigid requirements of ISO 9001
certification. STAAD's development, maintenance and support are all based upon the highest quality standards that are offered in the industry.
Given the opportunity to work with this program for my project I have learnt that trying to learn something new and different can at many times be a very hard and tiring challenge. On many occasions, when I
thought that I had mastered the theory behind the creation of the program, something would occur that would make me re-evaluate my
findings and data. On an overall note, understanding the fundamentals of the program was not as simple and easy as I thought it would be.
However, after spending endless hours, nights and weekends using STAAD pro I feel that I have become quite accustomed to this unique
program. Using this program combined with this project has changed my views, beliefs and ideologies regarding this overwhelming complex field.
On a final note, I believe that this particular project has given me a better understanding of this highly complex field and how I can use it in understanding the complicated structures that surround us. Regarding
the STAAD pro program, well I think that it was in itself an excellent learning experience. However, I am certain that even in this ever evolving industry we are very far from total commitment to any program
hence the hands on approach in designing tomorrow's structures is still needed.