Structural design is the science of studying the Mechanics of a structure. Designing the skeleton of a building determines the real strength of the structure.
If the structure is externally beautiful and internally weak, it results into dramatic structural failure.
In this article, we are going to discuss in detail about the “Various Methods of Structural Design”.
All parts of a structural steel framework of a structure shall be capable of sustaining the most adverse combination of dead loads, the prescribed super imposed roof and floor loads, wind loads, seismic forces where applicable, and any other forces or loads to which the building maybe reasonably subjected without exceeding the permissible stresses.
The following methods may be employed for existing steel framework:
- Simple design
- Semi-rigid design
- Fully rigid design
- Plastic design