Expert Course In Structure Engineering

We need to understand the soil reports also so that we can design the safe and optimum foundations.

Which type of Input is needed at which stage is a major concern in Giant projects. We can not get all the inputs at a time which are required for Structure Design of a particular structure in these kinds of projects.

We need to understand the specifications provided by Client / PMC. Based on these documents, various Industrial structure has to be designed for the given loading.

Industrial structures carry lots and lots of Piping and Equipments. We need to understand type of Equipments, their supporting arrangements, and loading from the Piping & Equipment drawings. These loads are of utmost important in every industrial field be it Oil & Gas Industries, be it Power Plant Industries, be it Process Plants or be it Manufacturing Units.

Again, cable trays are required in every Industrial structures. Looking at the Routing of cable trays, we need to provide loading on our Structural Elements.

In applying wind load, one should know not only the external & internal pressure coefficients, but should also understand its application on structures along with eight wind load cases to be generated in Industrial structures.

We need to understand concepts as well as step by step calculations involved in Seismic analysis of the structures.

These are few other loads; we need to consider in design of industrial structures.

Throughout our academic studies, We have learned only four to five load combinations. For true industrial applications, these need to be elaborated into hundreds of combinations. We need to learn this concept too.

While deciding Structure Layout, Orientation etc., one need to consider piping, access ways, cranes, equipment operation etc. Secondary Beam Layout also depends on the floor system supported above it.

There are various options for the floor systems in Industrial structures like Gratings, Chequered plates, Sheeting, or Metal Deck. We need to understand all these systems, their span directions, stiffener arrangements, how to study their catalogues, load distributions from these Various flooring options to supporting beams etc.

These are frequently needed to support Piping, Equipments, Cable trays and many such items.

Optimization is very critical aspect. We need to take care of optimization so as reflect all - economy, safety, feasibility, uniformity and time line.

Connection design in Steel structures is a major task. We must understand the Philosophy of force transfer in all these type of connections to perform the best in Structure Design Interviews.

Cranes are required in every other Industrial structures. We will cover Calculation of these loads, application of these loads in Softwares, relevant Codal criteria and Practical guidelines.

Base plate may be fixed or pinned or even fixed about one axis and pinned about other. We need to understand concepts and calculations involved in it in detail.

Many members like purlin, small supports for piping/equipments, we don’t model in STAAD / ETABS. Rather we design it in Excel. Hence, we must know manual design steps also.

The Limit state design for Steel Structures involves so many parameters like Section classifications, Plastic Moment, Shape Factor, Buckling Lengths, Yield & Rupture Failures etc. We must understand all these in detail with practical application to become Proficient Structure Engineer

While deciding Structure Layout of RCC Industrial Structure also, one need to consider piping, access ways, cranes, equipment operation etc.

One must know manual Design of various RCC elements also, as many elements are not modelled in Software, they need to be designed manually.

We need to understand in detail, How to extract exact Design Moment and Shear values for Mat footings and Combined footing if we model them in STAAD Pro.

Ductile detailing drastically improves the behaviour of Structure in Seismic loads. We need to emphasis Ductile Detailing in most of the projects.

Although, We get the Reinforcement output from Software, Placement based on this output is not feasible all the times. It has to be modified. We need to rearrange it and accordingly we need to provide input to Draftsman. We need to understand this philosophy as well.

Brackets are short cantilever beams needed to support pipes, equipments, Gantry Girders etc. Shear walls form the strong Horizontal Force Transfer system in RCC structures.

Pedestal are short columns required below the steel columns. Tie beams are required to connect the columns.

Though the tables for this are given in codes but application part of this parameter always create confusion. Engineers must have clarity regarding, where to apply which values looking at various situations in Actual Projects.

Similarly for this parameter also, the tables are given in codes but application part of this parameter always create confusion.

In various projects, for various elements, we need to define the deflection limits in Softwares manually. Software can calculate actual deflection values but cannot decide permissible deflection limits. This has to be given by user manually. So, this becomes very critical parameter in design of Industrial structures.

There are many situations where element of one discipline interfere with other discipline elements. Like pipes interferes with bracings, equipment access interferes with columns and so on. We must know how to resolve such issues not only considering structure cost but in fact considering the overall optimization of the Project under consideration.

Whatever we calculate, we analyze, we design – the final output need be given to draftsman so as to enable him/her to prepare the final Structure Design Drawing. Lake of information in Draftsman input can cause delay in projects or even failure of the structure. We need to understand this activity in detail.

Sequence of all the steps above, Inter-linking the Input & Output of these various steps with project activities, with 3-D Analytical Models, with 3-D Graphics Models is of utmost importance. Let’s go through all these in detail to build great career in Structure Engineering.