lmsteel swiss consultant engineers
Storage Silos Structural Design

Storage Silos Structural Design

Design and Structural Verification of Storage Silos for Material in granules, powder or liquids, made of structural steel installed on a concrete base in which the ventilation channels can be obtained.

Static and seismic checks in accordance with the latest versions of European (Eurocode 8) and American (API 650) standards

Object of the design are:

  • the roof made up of trapezoidal elements in hot-dip galvanized steel sheet with reinforcement relief to support loads due to snow, transport systems and inspection walkways
  • the frame made up of corrugated sheet metal panels (called ferrules) in S350 GD (UNI EN10346) structural steel with Z600 galvanized coating (equivalent to 600g/m² zinc) which guarantees long-lasting resistance to atmospheric agents. The structure is externally reinforced with omega section structural steel uprights and is anchored to the base by means of expansion bolts or anchor bolts. For large silos or located in particularly windy areas, windproof reinforcement rings are applied. The thickness of the ferrules and uprights is defined on the basis of the model of the silo and the place of installation of the same (the loads due to the earthquake, wind and snow are considered). The calculation of the stresses deriving from the silage is carried out according to the EN 1991-4:2006 standard (Eurocode 1, part 4).
  • The footing formed of commercial grade steel beams and or welded composite to rest on the reinforced concrete foundation

The finite element calculation models (FEM) are developed with the Straus7 and SAP2000, and the 3D BIM geometric models with Tekla Structures up to the creation of the workshop drawings

PLACE
Confidential
YEAR
2023
StatE
Completed
ServiCES
Structural Design (Basic&Detai)
BIM Modelling - Design for Manufacturing
workshop-drawings and as-built
FINAL CLIENT
Confidential
General Contractor
Confidential
STEEL MANUFACTURER
Confidential
DESIGN TEAM
LMSteel Consulting sagl
WEIGHT [TON]
Confidential

Project Photo Gallery Storage Silos

Mulmix
Mulmix
Mulmix
Mulmix
Mulmix
Mulmix
Mulmix

BIM «Design for Manutacturing» con TEKLA Structures

We develop complex projects in BIM methodology using the TEKLA STRUCTURES (Trimble) software of which we have 14 active licenses. We have acquired the BIM project management skills. We are qualified as BIM MANAGERS according to the ICMQ certification of Milan in accordance with the specifications of the UNI 11337 standard.

We develop complex projects up to the "Design for manufacturing" and construction management phase with the "paper saving" objective, keeping the digital models updated up to the as-built.

We collaborate with companies and professionals pursuing the maximum collaboration and the perspective of data sharing by creating interchange files in .ifc4 version and in-cloud models through the «Trimble Connect» or «Navisworks» manager.

We are available to builders to create workshop and assembly plans according to their guidelines with the aim of saving machining costs, aligning with CNC machines, progressing activities according to phases of material purchase, machining in the workshop, construction site phases.

LMSTEEL Consulting Sagl

Phone +41 (0) 91 6300531

Legal head office:
Cantonale str., 11 • 6900 Lugano (TI), Switzerland

Operating office:
Ciseri str., 4 • 6828 Balerna (TI), Switzerland

VAT N° CHE-476.183.337 IVA

lmsteel.ch • info@lmsteel.ch

Contact us

Write to us to request additional information or to receive our presentation brochure.

Please type your full name.
Valore non valido
Invalid email address.
Valore non valido
Valore non valido
Valore non valido

Lingua offcanvas