EGH475 Advanced Concrete Structures

It is suggested that you write the report as below: (include your Team Number and each member name and student number – each member must sign this title page: template attached with this document)

Write what this report consists of – do not write about the design project details here.  For this purpose, it is suggested that it is written after you complete Item before writing Executive Summary (Item 2).

Write what your understanding of the project is – general information – functionality / appearance

This is the major part – you need to be able to describe the vertical and horizontal load resisting systems you have identified and designed. Are you comfortable with all assumptions you made and instructions you received for the assumptions / design methods?  If so why?  If not, why not?  What changes in assumptions/ design process you would have made?

Are you comfortable with the method you used?  What method you would have preferred and why?

Are you confident that the approach you used is transferrable to any other project?  If so, why and if not, why not?  What else you would have liked to learn for design load calculations?

What do you think of the design you made?  Is that structurally safe and economical?  What other things you would have done to improve safety and/ or economy had you have additional time?

List references with full citation - do not include the lecture notes/ tutorial solutions or other handouts. References may be websites where a design document exists/ a reference book/ design standard/ journal or conference papers.

Structural analysis is a crucial aspect when handling and appraising the building designs as well as the overall built assets. Some of the built assets include the tunnels as well as the bridges. In essence, structural loads often have immense impacts on the displacement, deformation as well as the stress. This is because the parameters can result in failures and the related structural problems. Therefore, the building designs and the overall specifications regarding the laws and the regulations governing the erection and the constructions depicts that it is important design the loads in a manner that they will withstand all the stress that they might be subjected to in the long run. The stresses in line with the design must conform to the subjection of the structure to the loads in the overall lifecycle. There different kinds as well as related load types. However, the actions of such loads mainly depend on the material, design nature, the utilization as well as the material location.

 The evaluations of the various stresses as well as the loads which the structure can withstand in the long run are always essential in any analysis.  In essence, the actions of the structural loads mainly stimulated by the overall forces, accelerations applied as well as the deformations existing or applied to the makeable building components. Subsequently, the overall loads in the structure tends to accelerate and lead to the structural displacements, stresses as well as the parametric deformations. However, in the structural design, considerations often taken into considerations since the excess loading in the building tend to cause structural failures in the long run.

Structural analysis is not only essential but also fundamental in the long run. Structural resistance is a termed used in the engineering world more often and it refers to the overall building resistance existing in the sub-systems. In fact, the structural systems assist in the transferring of the loads via the members and the interconnecting elements. There are five key and epitome class under which the structures often classified and these depends on different aspects in due course.  The classification mainly depends on the primary stress and this tends to arise from the structures members in line with the major design loads. Preferably, it is important to integrate the basic structures  described in the analysis  in ensuring that the output elements have makeable structural functions which meets not only the set criteria but also performances the intended functions in the long run. The key structural elements mainly appraised in line with the structure outlined in this evaluation mainly include

Preferably, there are situations in which the tensile structures members are often subjected to the parametric and pure tensile forces and this is caused by the overall external loading actions. In most cases, the tensile stress tends to be distributed uniformly in line with the cross-sectional area. These materials often have high and makeable applications grounded on the aspect they tend to have efficient utilization in the long run.

The actions related to the compressional forces in the structures mainly stimulated with the overall axial loads actions in the structures.  In essence, most of the compressions structures records susceptible effects in line with the instability and buckling and thus, the overall design considerations in line with the failures should at all cost be incorporated in the works and the overall specifications.

The actions of the norms also forms part and parcel of the design analysis and thus, the impacts must be incorporated in the in the hinging of the various connections as well as in the gformation of the stable configuration. The trusses are essential materials mostly because they have both the high strengths and the light weights. Thus, there applications in the building cannot be underestimated at all costs but need to be incorporated in the overall design works in the long run.

The shear structures as well as the associated elements are also important in the appraisal of the design specifications in the building and construction works. The structure incorporates the wooden shear as well as reinforced concrete walls. They are often used in the multistory buildings. The aim of applying them mainly is to reduce the overall lateral movements resulting from both the earthquake excitations as well as the wind loads.  The shear structures preferably developed from the makeable in-plane shear and tend to have the small bending and these stresses often caused by the actions of the overall external loads.

 For the purposes of the design works and the overall construction, it is not only essential to include the effects and impacts of the bending forces but also fundamental to examine the resultant moments which they have in the long run. The bending actions mainly results from the external loads actions in line with the bending stresses.  Furthermore, there are different shear forces as well as actions which the norm tends to impacts in the bending moments and this are essential and need to be incorporated in the design analysis. The considerations of such actions play a major role as far as the design mechanism is concerned.

The analysis in line with the durability requirements in the works is not only important but also important. The analysis on the norm mainly appraised and summarized as indicated in the illustration below (Taranath, 2016). 

In the design consideration, the fire resistance levels analysis mainly illustrated as well as evaluated and incorporated in the design analysis. The computation for the elements regarding the fire control mainly appraised and summarized in line with this project as indicated below.

The analysis and the computation examination in line with the shear wall mainly illustrated and recorded as follows (Guo, & Hesthaven, 2018).  

The service stage in line with construction and building is momentum mainly appraised as indicated in the figure below (Jawad, & Farr, 2018).

The analysis regarding the external walls mainly illustrated as summarized as (Baker, 2015).

The torsional analysis in  line with the evalaution mainly computed and idicated as illustrated in the analysis below  (Piaget, 2015). 

The analysis regarding the earthquake as well as gravity loading is fundamental at also costs.  In essence, it is important to ensure that the structure often robust enough and able to withstand all the related forces in the process. Some of the key forces which one needs to incorporate in the analysis include wind load, gravity load, earthquake load as well as blast load.  Furthermore, the loads mainly considered in line with the structural response. The illustrations primarily evaluated and summarized as indicated below (Melchers, & Beck, 2018). 

The analysis in line with the computation mainly illustrated and summarized as indicated below (Naumenko, 2018).

The examination of the shear distribution mainly summarized as the computation below (Ghali, Neville, & Brown, 2014). 

The illustration below indicates the shear design walls

In conclusion, this paper examined the structural analysis in line with building and construction works. Some of the key aspects and the parameters evaluated in the analysis include the design loads, compressional, trusses as well as tensile forces.

Baker, J.W., 2015. Efficient analytical fragility function fitting using dynamic structural analysis. Earthquake Spectra, 31(1), pp.579-599.

Ghali, A., Neville, A., & Brown, T. G. (2014). Structural analysis: a unified classical and matrix approach. Crc Press.

Guo, M., & Hesthaven, J. S. (2018). Reduced order modeling for nonlinear structural analysis using gaussian process regression. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 341, 807-826.

Jawad, M. H., & Farr, J. R. (2018). Structural analysis and design of process equipment. John Wiley & Sons.

Melchers, R. E., & Beck, A. T. (2018). Structural reliability analysis and prediction. John Wiley & Sons.

Naumenko, K. (2018). Modeling of high-temperature creep for structural analysis applications.

Piaget, J. (2015). Structuralism (Psychology Revivals). Psychology Press.

Taranath, B. S. (2016). Structural analysis and design of tall buildings: Steel and composite construction. CRC press.