To achieve efficient structural design for industrial facilities, engineers must possess comprehensive knowledge of both theories and practical applications. Understanding the factors that can impact stability, safety, and serviceability is crucial.

This course offers a systematic approach to the structural design of industrial facilities. It begins by exploring loads and load combinations, different structural systems, and framing concepts, including crane runways and elevated floors. The course delves into the fundamental concepts of strength, stability, serviceability, and safe structural design and analysis. It thoroughly examines the design intricacies of various structural elements commonly found in industrial plants. The importance of connections and anchorage for assembling a safe and functional structure is discussed.

Deep and shallow foundation designs, including equipment foundations, are investigated in the context of industrial facilities. The course also covers the analysis of industrial floor slabs subjected to moving loads (traffic) and provides illustrative numerical examples akin to those encountered in design offices. Wall systems suitable for industrial facilities are reviewed, along with the selection of appropriate materials, including a discussion of commonly used materials. To ensure a comprehensive understanding, the course concludes with a design workshop that integrates the concepts and procedures learned throughout the course.

Course Objectives:

To provide relevant design concepts and design procedures for the structural design of industrial facilities.

Who Should Attend?

Structural designers, consultants, architectural engineers, plant engineers, facility owners, building manufactures, contractors, municipal engineers, and other regulatory agency engineers who influence the design, location, and the use of industrial facilities. You will also benefit if you are a structural engineer desiring to increase your familiarity with industrial structures and facilities or are planning to practice in this field.

Course Outlines:

INTRODUCTION

What are Industrial facilities, general and specialty manufacturing facilities
How are they different from other types of structures such as warehouses, commercial, institutional, and municipal structures
The most commonly used structural systems. Gable frames, joists and joist girders, laced columns and trusses, stepped columns, conventional framing, and pre-engineered structural systems

STRUCTURAL SYSTEMS AND COMPONENTS
Systems with cranes-heavy industrial facilities
Systems without cranes-light industrial/manufacturing facilities
Pre-engineered metal buildings do and dont’s
Hybrid systems
Essential Subsystems

Roofs
Walls
Floors
Crane runways & columns
Foundations

ROOFS: DESIGN OF ROOF STRUCTURE TO PREVENT PONDING
Metal walls: Design of grits, sag rods, and wind posts
M.F.L. walls
Types of floors used in industrial facilities
Design concepts, crack control, joints, form deck, permanent forms, openings, and composite vs. non-composite
Design of elevated floors for forklift truck traffic
Classification of floors on the grade based on usage and design
Quality of floors
Use of vapor barrier and reinforcing steel
Superflat technology and tolerances
Planning and selection of a flatwork contractor
Outline specifications
Details of slabs on grade
Overview of cranes
Types of crane runway systems, underhung, overhead (EOT), yard cranes, and floor mounted jibs
Service classifications (CMAA) and usage
Forces imparted by cranes and operational aspects of cranes
Crane load specifications

AISC vs. AISE

Load combinations involving cranes
Design of EOT crane runways and details
WALLS
ELEVATED FLOORS
INDUSTRIAL FLOORS ON GRADE
CRANE RUNWAYS

DESIGN OF MILL BUILDINGS AND COMBINED COLUMNS

Design considerations
K factors and end restraints
Column Design recommended procedure
Bracing requirements
Base fixity, rotational restraints, and support settlement
Lateral drift and stiffness considerations
Design of fixed column bases

FOUNDATIONS
Mat Foundations
Mass concrete
Foundations for stacks, tall vessels, and towers
Piles
Drilled piers
High strength bolts ASTM A325 and ASTM A490
Bearing
Fully tensioned
Slip critical
Standard connections
Moment connections
Column to truss connections, and general considerations for long-span trusses
Connections at column bases and design of base plates
Design of anchor bolts
Design of shear lugs
Connections of pre-cast walls
Local buckling and member failure
Bracing design
Magical 2% rule
Diaphragm shears and connection design
Shear walls: Use and misuse
General rules for safe design
Deflections and camber
Side sway
Drift index
Differential settlements
Expansion and contraction
Vibrations and noise
Base rotations and connection slip

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