Resit Coursework - Research Proposal Example

RESIT WORK Please submit by 5 pm on Friday 29th January Figure shows a circular building required for the fabrication of steel-framed structures and material handling equipment. The Client's brief is as follows: A moving crane of 10-tonne capacity to radiate from central support to a continuous circular gantry around the main assembly shop. Minimum clear heights above floor level: Crane hook 8 m Access and despatch bay 8 m Sub assembly and storage bays 5 mNatural roof lighting equivalent to 20% of floor area.

Vertical cladding to include natural light : 1.5 m high dado wall. Site ConditionsMade ground to a depth of 2 m overlying a 600 mm stratum of compact gravel over firm clay to a considerable depth. The site is a low-lying industrial area near the coast. Design wind pressure 1.25 kN/m2 You are required to: Prepare an illustrated design appraisal indicating two distinct and viable structural steel solutions for the building and its foundations and floors. Identify clearly the functional framing, load transfer, and stability aspects of each scheme.

Identify the solution you recommend giving reasons for your choice. Design typical structural elements of the chosen arrangements in sufficient detail to enable a contractor to prepare a budget quotation. Prepare, to-scale, drawings of the chosen arrangements with sufficient information to enable a contractor to prepare a budget quotation. Sketch, to scale, fabrication details of a principal column on the periphery of the main assembly shop; the proposal for the central support.Figure 1. Circular Fabrication Building.

(From The Institution of Structural Engineers 1975)The following is the list of reference books that will help with the structural design of this coursework along with a couple of pdf files for references: Structural Steel Design, Volume 1By Alan WilliamsHandbook of Structural engineering Wai-Fah ChenHandbook of structural steel connection design and details Akbar R. TamboliStructural design in metals Clifford David Williams, Ernest C. HarrisSCHAUM'S OUTLINES STRUCTURAL STEEL DESIGNSBy Abraham J. Rokach