STRUCTURAL DESIGN AND DETAILED DRAWING OF A STEEL INDUSTRIAL BUILDING

LOAD
CALCULATION

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Dimensions:
Height of Knee above base (H) = 9 m

Span of truss (L) = 13.0 m

Spacing of fixed base frame (s) = 4.0m

Roof pitch angle (θ) = 16°

Number of frames = 10

Let us consider the height of truss = h

ℎ
Now, 𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝜃𝜃 = 𝐿𝐿/2

ℎ
⇨ 𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡16° =
13/2
⇨ ℎ = 1.86 𝑚𝑚

Therefore, Height of truss (h) = 1.864 m

𝐿𝐿 2 13 2
Length of rafter = ��2� + ℎ2 = �� 2 � + 1.8642 = 6.762 𝑚𝑚

6.762
Distance between each node = 4
= 1.69 𝑚𝑚

Spacing between centre lines of two gantry girders (L1) =(L-2) m= (13 – 2) m = 11 m

Height of Gantry rail level above base (H1)=(H-2) m = (9 -2) m = 7.0 m

Height of base above GL=0.6 m

Length of the building = 9 × 𝑠𝑠 = 9 × 4.0 = 36.0 𝑚𝑚 (considering 10 number of frames;

hence 9 number of inter-frame gaps)

Load Calculation:

A. Dead Load

Weight of Galvalume sheets 0.5mm@ 60 N/m2 =0.405 kN/m2

Weight of purlin @ 120 N/m2 =0.124=0.48 kN/m2
Weight of bracing and connections @ 100 N/m2 = 0.67619 kN/m2
Self-weight of truss (53.7+0.53A) = 0.5494kN/m2
Total Dead load =(0.405+0.48+0.67619+0.5494 ) kN=2.111kN
Load at shoe point= 2.111/2=1.05569kN

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B. Live Load
Live load = 0.75-0.02(16°-10°)=0.63 kN/m2 (> 0.4 kN/m2)

Plan area of truss = 4 ×13/2=26.0 m2

Therefore, total live load on full truss =0.63 ×26.0=32.76 m2

Load on each intermediate panel node = 16.38/4=4.095 kN [considering 7 complete

nodes and 2 partial nodes at the end]

Load on each shoe node = 4.0952/2=2.048 kN

C. Wind Load

vz = vb× k1k2k3k4

vz= design wind speed at height z in m/s

vb=basic wind speed in m/s

k1=probability factor risk coefficient

k2=terrain roughness and height factor

k3=topography factor

k4=importance factor for the cyclonic region

For Howrah, vb=50 m/s

For all general building and structures, k = 1 (IS 875 (Part 3): 2015, Page 7, Table 1)
1

k = 0.91 (IS 875 (Part 3): 2015, Page 8, Table 2) [considering category 3]
2

k = 1, for upward slope < 3° (IS 875 (Part 3): 2015, Page 8, Clause 6.3.3.1)
3

k = 1.15, assuming site location is 60 km from coast (IS 875 (Part 3): 2015, Page 8,
4

Clause 6.3.4) [assuming Howrah to be an industrial town]

Now, vz= vb × k1 ×k2 ×k3 ×k4 = 50×1×0.91×1×1.15=52.325 m/s

Wind pressure at height z (pz)=0.6 × vz2=0.6 ×52.3252=1642.7 N/m2=1.64 KN/m2

(IS 875 (Part 3): 2015, Page 9, Clause 7.2)

kd=wind directionality factor=0.9 (IS 875 (Part 3): 2015, Page 9, Clause 7.2.1)

ka=area averaging factor=1 (IS 875 (Part 3): 2015, Page 10, Table 4)

Tributary area, A=distance between nodes × spacing=1.69×4=6.76 m2 (<10 m2)

kc=combination factor=0.9 (if pressure and suction both exists)

Design wind pressure (Pd)=kd×ka×kc×pz=0.9×1×0.9×1.64=1.33KN/m^2

Cpi=internal pressure coefficient

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Cpe=external pressure coefficient

• Low Permeability (≤5% opening of wall area): C = ±0.2 pi

• Medium Permeability (5-20% opening of wall area): C = ±0.5 pi

• High Permeability (>20% opening of wall area): C = ±0.7 pi

In our case we considered medium permeability, therefore C = ±0.5 pi

E G

For wind angle, Ɵ = 0° For wind angle, Ɵ = 90°

• Windward side = EF • Windward side = GE F H
• Leeward side = GH • Leeward side = HF

Now, Height of Knee above base h=H-0.6 =(9-0.6) m = 8.4 and Span of truss (L) = w=
13 m

Therefore, hw/w=8.4/13=0.646>0.5

Roof pitch angle (θ) = 16°

Calculation of C pe

Roof pitch angle Wind angle = 0° Wind angle = 90°

EF GH EG FH
16° -0.86 -0.54 -0.8 -0.6
(Values are obtained by linear interpolation from IS 875 (Part 3): 2015, Page 14, Table
6)
Negative sign indicates suction while Positive sign indicates pressure

CASE 1: For wind angle = 0° and C = +0.5 pi

Wind load on EF face = (-0.86-0.5) ×1.69×4×1.33 = -12.24 kN

Wind load on GH face = (-0.54-0.5) ×1.69×4×1.33 = -9.36kN

(Load on shoe of any side will be half the load on intermediate node of that side)

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CASE 2: For wind angle = 0° and C = -0.5

pi

Wind load on EF face = (-0.86+0.5) ×1.69×4×1.33=-3.24kN

Wind load on GH face = (-0.54+0.5) ×1.69×4×1.33=-0.36kN

CASE 3: For wind angle = 90° and C = +0.5

pi

Considering Cpe =min {-0.8, -0.6} =-0.8

Wind load on both EG and FH face = (-0.8-0.5) ×1.69×4×1.33=-11.70kN

CASE 4: For wind angle = 90° and C = -0.5

pi

Considering Cpe =min{-0.8,-0.6}=-0.8

Wind load on both EG and FH face = (-0.8+0.5) ×1.69×4×1.33=-2.7kN

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FRAME LOAD:

h/w=8.4/13=0.646>0.5 l/w=36/13=2.77>1.5 and<4

Roof pitch angle (θ) = 16°

Calculation of Cpe

Roof pitch angle Wind angle = 0° Wind angle = 90°

A B A B
16° +0.7 -0.3 -0.5 -0.5
(Values are obtained by linear interpolation from IS 875 (Part 3): 2015, Page 13, Table
5)

Negative sign indicates suction while Positive sign indicates pressure

CASE 1: For wind angle = 0° and C = +0.5

pi

Load on face EF = (0.7-0.5) ×4×1×1.33 = 1.06 KN/m

Load on face GH = (-0.3-0.5) ×4×1×1.33 = -4.26 KN/m

CASE 2: For wind angle = 0° and C = -0.5

pi

Load on face EF = (0.7+0.5) ×4×1×1.33 = 6.39 KN/m

Load on face GH = (-0.3+0.5) ×4×1×1.33 = 1.06 KN/m

CASE 3: For wind angle = 90° and C = +0.5pi

Load on face EG and FH = (-0.5-0.5) ×4×1×1.33 = -5.32 KN/m

CASE 4: For wind angle = 90° and C = -0.5pi

Load on face EG and FH = (-0.5+0.5) ×4×1×1.33 = 0 KN/m

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