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AY2023/2024 Semester 1 – Mini Project Brief

STEEL STRUCTURE ANALYSIS, DESIGN & DETAILING OF A SINGLE STOREY BUILDING

OBJECTIVES:

This project work provides opportunities for students to:

a. Integrate knowledge comprehended and acquired from associated modules of the course.
Associated modules include Structural Analysis, Reinforced Concrete Design and CAD,
Virtual Construction Simulation & CAD, etc.
b. Cultivate team spirit and team work through working with team members;
c. Practice technical skills, quality consciousness and time management;
d. Develop initiative, creative thinking and innovative ideas;
e. Plan, organize and write a group project report.

INTRODUCTION

In this assignment, you are given Figures 1 and 2 which show respectively the roof plan and a
section view of a single storey steel building. The roof plan and section view are extracted from
the construction drawings of the real world building. Your tasks for this assignment are described
as follows. Please refer to Figures 1 & 2 for the layout of the structural elements.

TASKS

You have to form yourselves into groups with maximum of four students in each group to work on
this assignment. Your group is required to carry out the tasks as outlined below.

(a) Loading (15 marks):

Based on the loading information provided below, you have to do manual calculation of dead
and live loads applied to the joints of the truss that you have chosen for your group. Self
weight of a member must be transferred to the joints at both ends of the member. You must
show the detailed beak-down of load components and work out the combined load for both
Ultimate Limit States (ULS) and Serviceability Limit States (SLS). You may need to refer to Table
1 in Part 3 for the information of truss member size for calculation of member self-weight.

Below is the load information.

Loading Information:

Roof sheeting: 0.35kN/m2

Ceiling & Service: 1.25kN/m2
Insulation: 0.35kN/m2
Imposed Load on plan: 3.5kN/m2

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(b) Analysis (15 marks):

• Create the truss allocated to your group using Autodesk Robot Structure 2022
• Analyse the truss using Autodesk Robot Structure 2022 for the following loading
combinations: i) 1.35DL+1.5LL; ii) 1.0 LL.
• Extract and tabulate the axial forces of each member from the Autodesk Robot Structure
2022 analytical results under load combination of 1.35DL+1.5LL.
Where DL represents the dead load and LL represents the live load.

(c) Design (30 marks):

i) Determine the number of bolts for every joint of the truss members. Assume that all the
truss members are connected to 12mm thick gusset plates by means of
M16/M20/M24/M27 black bolts at both ends.

ii) Check the adequacy of all truss members and roof purlins based on the most critical
analysis results under Ultimate Limit State (ULS) of Loading Combination of 1.35DL+1.50LL.
You must show your workings in detail.

iii) Check the maximum vertical deflection (Δmax) of the truss under Serviceability Limit State
(SLS) of load case 1.0LL, and do the deflection checking according to the following criteria.
Assume Young’s Modulus E=205 kN/mm2.

 max 1

L 360

Where, L is the span length of the truss.

The trusses allocated to groups in a class for project work are shown in the table below:

Group Name in a Class Truss to be Designed

Group 1 T1A and T1B
Group 2 T2A and T2B
Group 3 T3A and T3B
Group 4 T4A and T4B
Group 5 T5A and T5B
Group 6 T6A and T6B

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(d) 3D Modelling (20 marks)

You have to use Revit Structure to create 3D model of the single storey steel building. You
may assume the sizes of the truss and the thickness of steel base plates that are not
designed by your group. Please refer to Table 1 for making assumptions for the member
sizes of the trusses that are not designed by your group. The 3D model should include the
following elements:

i) Grid lines showing grid labels;

ii) Primary columns;
iii) Tie beams
iv) Trusses and roof purlines;
v) Column bases complete with base plate, grout, footing and holes for holding-
down bolts created using loadable parametric family type.

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(e) Integration: From Revit to Robot Structural Analysis 2022 (5marks)

(f) Compilation of report (15 marks)

i) Use of English Language (5 marks)

ii) Presentation of the report (5 marks)
iii) Completeness of the report (5 marks)

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Table 1
Structural Member Marking Size Material
Recommended the Column Sizes:
UC305x305x97, or
Primary Columns C1 S355
UC305x305x118, or
UC305x305x137
Recommended truss member sizes:
L150x90x15, or
Truss members NA L125x75x12, or S275
L100x75x10
You may try other sizes.
Tie Beams TB1 UB254x146x31 S275
UB305 × 102 × 25
UB254 x 146 x 43
Roof Purlins RPx S275
UB254 x 146 x 37
You may try other sizes.
600mmx600mmx10mm or
600mmx600mmx15mm or
600mmx600mmx20mm or
600mmx600mmx25mm or
Bases plates BP1 S355
600mmx600mmx30mm or
600mmx600mmx35mm or
600mmx600mmx40mm or
600mmx600mmx45mm
Size: 600mmx600mm
C20 non-shrink
Grout G1 Thickness: 30mm
cement grout
Slope: 450
Footings F1 1200mmx1200mmx700mm thick C40 concrete
4 M30 embedded 300mm into
Holding-down bolts HD1 Grade 4.6
footing with 75mm edge distances

Design Information:

a) Loadings: Eurocode 1: Actions on structures - Part 1-1: General actions - Densities, self-
weight, imposed loads for buildings.
b) Design Codes: Eurocode 3: Design of steel structures - Part 1-1: General rules and rules for
buildings.
c) Material Data: Refer to Table 1.

Note: You should make and justify your assumptions if any information is not provided.

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SCHEDULE

Week Tasks
Week 2 – 26/06/2023 to
Project briefing & Load Calculation
30/06/2023
Load Calculation & analysis using Autodesk Robot Structural Analysis
Week 3 – 03/07/2023 to
2020
07/07/2023
Week 4 – 10/07/2023 to • Autodesk Robot Structural Analysis
14/07/2023 • CAD 3D Model using Autodesk Revit Structure
Week 5 – 17/07/2023 to • Design calculations
21//07/2023 • CAD 3D Model using Autodesk Revit Structure
Week 6 – 31/07/2023 to • Integration: Revit to Robot Structural Analysis 2022
04/08/2023 • Compilation of Report
Week 7 – 07/08/2023 to • 3D Modelling/Integration
11/08/2023 • Compiling report
• Submission of Mini-Project
Submission of Mini Project Report (softcopy) to Bright Space by
following the steps below:
1. Create a folder (folder name: Group name _ class name. e.g.
Group 1 _3A01 )
2. Copy the following files into the above folder
Deadline for • Project report in MS Word format
Submission of the • Revit project file for 3D Modelling using Revit Structure
Mini-project report: • File for structural analysis using Autodesk Robot Structural
Analysis
• Integration of Revit & Robot Structural Analysis
5:00pm Friday, 11
3. Zip the folder and submit the zipped folder to Bright Space
August 2023 Note:
• 5 Bonus marks will be given to the report that is submitted
before Friday, 11/08/2023.
• 2 marks/per calendar day will be deducted for late submission
of reports after the deadline.

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