To provide relevant design concepts and design procedures for the structural design of industrial facilities.

INTRODUCTION

• What are Industrial facilities, general and specialty manufacturing facilities
• How are they different from other types of structures such as warehouses, commercial, institutional, and municipal structures
• Most commonly used structural systems. Gable frames, joists and joist girders, laced columns and trusses, stepped columns, conventional framing, and pre-engineered structural systems

STRUCTURAL SYSTEMS AND COMPONENTS

• Systems with cranes-heavy industrial facilities
• Systems without cranes-light industrial/manufacturing facilities
• Pre-engineered metal buildings do and dont’s
• Hybrid systems
• Essential Subsystems
• Roofs
• Walls
• Floors
• Crane runways & columns
• Foundations

ROOFS : DESIGN OF ROOF STRUCTURE TO PREVENT PONDING

WALLS

• Metal walls: Design of girts, sag rods, and wind posts
• M.F.L. walls

ELEVATED FLOORS

Types of floors used in industrial facilities

• Design concepts, crack control, joints, form deck, permanent forms, openings, and composite vs. non-composite
• Design of elevated floors for forklift truck traffic

INDUSTRIAL FLOORS ON GRADE

• Details of slabs on grade
• Classification of floors on grade based on usage and design
• Quality of floors
• Use of vapor barrier and reinforcing steel
• Superflat technology and tolerances
• Planning and selection of flatwork contractor
• Outline specifications

CRANE RUNWAYS

• Overview of cranes
• Types of crane runway systems, under hung, overhead (EOT), yard cranes, and floor mounted jibs
• Service classifications (CMAA) and usage
• Forces imparted by cranes and operational aspects of cranes
• Crane load specifications
• AISC vs. AISE
• Load combinations involving cranes
• Design of EOT crane runways and details

DESIGN OF MILL BUILDINGS AND COMBINED COLUMNS

• Design considerations
• K factors and end restraints
• Column Design recommended procedure
• Bracing requirements
• Base fixity, rotational restraints, and support settlement
• Lateral drift and stiffness considerations
• Design of fixed column bases

FOUNDATIONS

• Mat Foundations
• Mass concrete
• Foundations for stacks, tall vessels, and towers
• Piles
• Drilled piers

CONNECTIONS AND ANCHORAGES

• High strength bolts ASTM A325 and ASTM A490
• Bearing
• Fully tensioned
• Slip critical
• Standard connections
• Moment connections
• Design of anchor bolts
• Design of shear lugs
• Connections of pre-cast walls
• Column to truss connections, and general considerations for long span trusses
• Connections at column bases and design of base plates

STRUCTURE STABILITY CONCEPTS OF STRENGTH AND STABILITY

• Local buckling and member failure
• Bracing design
• Magical 2% rule
• Diaphragm shears and connection design
• Shear walls: Use and misuse
• General rules for safe design

SERVICEABILITY

• Deflections and camber
• Side sway
• Drift index
• Differential settlements
• Expansion and contraction
• Vibrations and noise
• Base rotations and connection slip
• Corrosion

Structural designers, consultants, architectural engineers, plant engineers, facility owners, building manufactures, contractors, municipal engineers, and other regulatory agency engineers who influence the design, location, and the use of industrial facilities. You will also benefit if you are a structural engineer desiring to increase your familiarity with industrial structures and facilities or are planning to practice in this field.