ElectricSubstationStructure Analysis,DesignandDetailing

UsingSTAAD.Pro,STAAD.foundation,and ProSteelIntegration

By BentleyStructuralGroup

August31,2009

Introduction
Substation and switchyard structures are used to support the above grade components and electrical equipmentsuchascablebus,rigidbus,andstrainbusconductors;switches;surgearresters;insulators; and other equipment. Electric substation structures have to be designed as per the applicable steel design code and using the analysis data obtained from design loadings. The design loads may most probably include dead, weight of conductors and electrical components, wind, snow/ice, and seismic loads.

DetailingofastandardAFramestructureshownontherightintheabovepictureincludespreparation ofpartandengineeringdrawings,connectiondetails,andbillofmaterials.Thisdetailinginformationis senttostructuralsteelfabricatorstomanufacture,assembleanddeliverthepartstotheprojectsite. ThisdocumentshowshowengineerscandesignanddetailelectricsubstationstructuresusingBentley products.ThefollowingBentleyproductsarediscussedinthisdocument: 1. STAAD.ProStructuralanalysisanddesign 2. STAAD.foundationFoundationanalysisanddesign 3. ProSteelStructuralsteeldetailinganddrawingproduction

 On the electrical engineering side, Bentley products such as Bentley Substation V8i can be efficiently usedtoproducethefollowingelementsofanelectricsubstationdesign: OneLinediagrams 3DPhysicalmodels Protectionandcontrolschematics Panellayouts Wiringdiagrams Billofmaterialsandotherreports

BentleySubstationisnotdiscussedinthisdocument.

StructuralAnalysis
STAAD.Proisageneralpurposestructuralanalysisanddesigntoolthatcanbeusedfortheanalysisand design of electric substation structures as per the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) 13th Edition or American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)10 transmission tower design code. Substation geometriescanbecreatedusingtheSTAAD.Prographicaluserinterface,OpenSTAAD,orProSteel. Figure1illustratesanAframesubstationstructurethatwasdesignedandanalyzedusingSTAAD.Pro.

Figure1:SubstationanalysisanddesignresultsinSTAAD.Pro

Figure2:STAAD.ProStructuralAnalysisModelsofSubstationStructures

Figure3:STAAD.ProStructuralAnalysisModelofanAFrameSubstationStructureDeflectionsandASCEDesignResults

STAAD.Pro can be used to generate ASCE7 wind loads on members using the automatic wind load generatorfeature.IBC2006seismicloadsparametersbegeneratedautomaticallybysimplyentering thezipcodeofthesite.Featuressuchasthefloorloadgeneratorcanbeusedtoapplyfloorpressure loading on a deck. Wire tension loads, equipment loads etc. can be applied to the members in STAAD.Proasapointloadataspecifiedlengthoratagivennodepoint. STAAD.pro can also perform advanced dynamic analysis on the electric substation structures such as modalcalculations(i.e.frequencycalculationsusingeigenvalueextractionmethod),responsespectrum analysisandtimehistoryanalysis/harmonicloadanalysis. The member grouping feature in STAAD.Pro allowsusers to check which components of the electrical substationstructurearefailingandredesignthembyeasily.

StructuralDetailinginProSteel
ProSteelisanadvanced3Dmodeling/detailingenvironmentforsteelstructureswhichcanworkonthe AutoCAD and Microstation platforms. The ProSteel user is provided with an intuitive and integrated multimaterial modeler perfectly suited to layout electrical substation structures, produce shop drawings,assemblealltheirconnectionsandmanagethebillofmaterials. ProSteelhasatwowayintegrationwithSTAAD.ProthroughtheStructLinkoption.Amodelgenerated in STAAD.Pro can be imported into ProSteel using the Structlink option. If a change is made in the ProSteelModel(e.gamembersizechanges),thechangescanbeexportedoutbacktotheSTAAD.Pro modelwithoutrecreatingit.Thiswillsavethedetailersandstructuralengineerstimetorecreatethe 3DgeometryfromscratchinProSteelorSTAAD.Proeverytimeachangeismade.Figure4showsthe ProSteelmodelgeneratedusingthemodelimportedfromSTAAD.Pro.

Figure4:3DProSteelModel.STAAD.ProAFramemodelwasimportedintoProSteel.

Plans,sections,elevations,billsofmaterialscanthenbegeneratedusingthis3DmodelandProSteels 2DDetailCenterfeature.Anychangesmadetothedesign3Dmodelwillautomaticallyupdatethebillof materialsanddrawings.Figure5showsasamplebillofmaterialsgeneratedusingtheProSteelmodel.

Figure5:BillofMaterials

Figure6illustratesasamplemember2DdetaildrawinggeneratedusingtheProSteelmodel.

Figure6:MemberDetailing

 ProSteelcanalsobeusedtocreate2Dengineeringlayoutdrawings(i.e.plansandelevations)asshown inFigure7usingthe3DProSteelmodel.

Figure7:PlanView

ProSteelconnectioncenterallowsthedetailerstoquicklyassignpredefinedconnectiontypestothe3D model.Figure8showsapreviewoftheNormalEndplateconnectionandFigure9and10illustratethe 3Dviewand2DdrawingsrespectivelyoftheendplateconnectionassignedtotheAFrame.

Figure8:ConnectionCenter

Figure9:ConnectionDetails

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Figure10:Connection2DDrawingGeneration

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FoundationDesign
Typical electric substation structure foundation types can be slabongrade, isolated, and pile cap footings. Bentleys STAAD.foundation is a foundation design and management system which can design a wide rangeoffoundationssuchasisolated,combined,pilecap,drilledpier,andMATfoundations.Itcanalso be used to create 2D preliminary engineering foundation layout and detailed drawings (i.e. plans and elevations)asshowninFigure11.

Figure11:FoundationLayoutDrawingsforAFramesupportreactionsobtainedfromSTAAD.Pro

STAAD.foundation is integrated with STAAD.Pro (i.e. support node locations and reactions from STAAD.ProcanbeimportedintoSTAAD.foundation). 12

Figure12:MATFoundationDesigninSTAAD.foundation

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