Architectural Steel Structure (Structural Design)

Structural design of a roof steel structure having double curvature

Having as a starting point the idea of creating a structure with an iconic design, the current article presents all the technical solutions and steps followed in the process of creating this special structure. The structure, having the destination of a showroom for an auto dealer, is presented with an unconventional design of the roof: a roof structure having a double curvature. Starting from a...

Structural and Architectural Integration in Building Design

A team of civil engineers, architects and computer scientists is using CaseBased Design (CBD) as an approach for integrating preliminary architectural and structural design. This approach focuses on the adaptation of geometric models of existing buildings in order to find solutions to new design problems. Dimensional and topological adaptation are treated as two distinct processes, each employi...

Integrated Structural-Architectural Design for Interactive Planning

Traditionally, building floorplans are designed by architects with their usability, functionality, and architectural aesthetics in mind, however, the structural properties of the distribution of load-bearing walls and columns are usually not taken into account at this stage. In this paper we propose a novel approach for the design of architectural floorplans by integrating structural layout ana...

Teaching Structural Steel Design Using Mathcad Program

This paper demonstrates the integration of Mathcad programming in a steel design course at the University of Qatar. It discusses the advantages of Mathcad programming over other programming formats and provides guidelines to incorporate Mathcad programming into the steel design course. A Mathcad program for the analysis and design of steel beams is presented to show the attractive computational...

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