Structural design services ensures stability against loads

Structural design services ensures stability against loads Structural design is the process of designing effective and innovative structures for any building.

Structural design is an important structural engineering activity wherein a structure’s load handling capacities are effectively dealt or evaluated by using engineering mechanics. Structure is developed for resisting all kinds of loads that are thrust upon a building which may include load from its own components or external loads which can be imposed on it by natural forces such as earthquake and high speed winds etc. That means load resistance is an important characteristic of an effective structure and hence when it comes to its design development structural engineers have to apply strong engineering principles for tackling load related technicalities.

Structural design services is a process wherein various sub-processes are involved which are accountable for providing individual engineering solutions to a variety of structural engineering problems. First of all structural engineer develops a design, which is effectively represented in papers through structural drafting and detailing process, wherein detailed drawings are developed. Structural drafting and detailing is carried out by experienced drafters and detailers who have tremendous knowledge of drafting software. Detailed drawings developed during structural detailing are used for fabrication of steel components and for assembling the structure.

Fabrication drawings are specially developed by detailers for the utilization of fabricators who manufacture structural elements (such as columns, beams, trusses and joists etc.) by viewing details from these drawings. In the absence of fabrication drawings which are also called as structural shop drawings, fabricators cannot manufacture structural components as no other document contains such huge details about individual structural components. These drawings are effectively checked by engineers before their information can be used by fabricators. After structural drafting and detailing, modeling process begins, wherein the structural design is developed in 3D, which provides enormous clarity about it. Design pitfalls are effectively identified by modelers and structural engineers by during structural modeling. After structural modeling process, clashes are also identified by structural design team by performing clash detection services. During clash detection structural elements are checked for collisions against the elements of other disciplines.

Apart from that structural analysis is also performed wherein design capacity in terms of its load resistance is effectively checked, after which strong structures are successfully developed.