PHASES OF STRUCTURAL DESIGN WORKS

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 Structural Design is the design technology which aim at determining the appropriate sizes and materials of structural members that form a structure, the determined sizes and material should formulate safe and serviceable structure at acceptable cost (minimum cost).

PHASES OF STRUCTURAL DESIGN WORKS

This explains different stages followed for accomplishment of structural design work of different structures either whole or member of the structure.

The following are the involved stages

  • Preliminary structural design

In this phase the sizes (dimensions) of different structural members forming structure are proposed in approximate by referring experience and code requirement.

The proposed dimensions of the members are the one which used in next stage of design that is load estimation.

  • Estimation of loads

This involved the estimation of amount of loadings that the structure will have to carry on its life time; this includes wind loads, live loads and self weight.

  • Structural analysis

In structural analysis we will have to determine the effects of loadings to the structure, this involves the determination of internal forces or internal resistance of the structural members and deflection at different points of structure.





  • Safety and serviceability check

In this phase the sizes and materials of structural members are checked, if they can withstand the effects of loadings which are internal forces and deflections found in analysis phase.

The safety and serviceability checking of structural members on loadings are done per standard design code requirements of certain country.

If the requirements are satisfied then the design drawings and construction specification are prepared and construction phase starts.

  • Revised structural design

If the requirement was not met in safety and serviceability check phase, this phase comes where by structural member dimensions and materials are modified.

 So we will have structural members of different properties, this makes us to repeat phases from structural analysis to know the loading effects to modified members.

The repetition proceeds up to safety and serviceability check until the requirements are satisfied, so that the structure to be constructed can be safe and serviceable.


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