Planning and Analysis of Steel Industrial Warehouse

An industrial warehouse is a structure which provides a proper environment to store goods such as raw materials, manufactured products and heavy machineries. In India, due to the rapid growth of industrialization, need for a well-planned and economical industrial warehouse has been increased. From the critical review of literature, the objective of this study is decided as to plan and analyse a two-storey industrial warehouse with conventional angular and tubular sections and pre-engineered sections. The plan and elevation of an industrial warehouse were drafted using AUTOCAD software. Analysis and design of an industrial warehouse was carried out using STAAD-Pro software according to Indian standards. From the analysis and design, the amount of steel required and maximum axial force, shear force, relative displacement and bending moment were obtained for the proposed warehouse with conventional angular and tubular sections and pre-engineered sections. From the results, it is concluded that the industrial warehouse with pre-engineered sections is found to be the most economical when compared to an industrial warehouse with conventional angular, tubular sections based on the total steel take-off evolved. From the comparative study, it is also observed that the forces, moments and displacements developed in critical elements of an industrial warehouse are found to be very less with pre-engineered sections compared to conventional angular and tubular sections.