DESIGN OF MULT-STOREY BUILDING WITH TIMBER USING MANUAL AND TEKLA SOFTWARE: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS

CHIMDIUTO KPOKUOCHUKWU IFEAMALUME (NAU/2017224036)

Abstract


This research was undertaken to evaluate the difference in the computationalresults obtained from software aided design and manual design method ofdesigning multi-storey timber building. To accomplish this an office building plan,storing 30 offices was taken for the design. The Nigerian timber specie chosen wasDanta specie, a hardwood of N2 strength class and for the CAD design, a timber ofthe hardwood class having a strength class of D50 was chosen. The design codeemployed for both method was Eurocode 5. The analysis of the main structuralelements of the building, the joist, beam and columns, were analyzed and designedproviding the required sections.The analysis and the result showed that the value ofthe structural analysis in the manual design are higher thereby providing highersizes of sections and the cost analysis proved the CAD design to be more costeffective

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