COMPARISON BETWEEN RCC AND STEEL HOPPER WITH WIND AND EARTHQUAKE ANALYSIS USING STAAD- PRO

Abstract

The Silos are structures utilized for the storage of materials, for example, wheat, grains, cement, carbon black, wood chips, food products, and sawdust, and so forth in enormous amounts. Silos are reinforced concrete structures designed to oppose the acting loads on it. The storehouse depth is more than twice the breadth or diameter. The storehouse for the most part comprises of a storage bin, which is utilized to store enormous amounts of materials like grains, coal, wheat, cement, and so forth., Hopper is the real storage area, where unloading of materials is completed. The vital target of this venture is to compare RCC Hopper and Steel Hopper with wind and earthquake analysis utilizing STAAD Pro. STAAD Modeling, Analysis of the hoppers because of the impact of Wind and Seismic load is completed. 3-D model of Hopper has been created in STAAD Pro to break down the conduct of reinforced concrete hopper and steel Hopper structure. The design techniques utilized in STAAD Pro analysis are Limit State Design adjusting to the Indian Standard Code of Practice IS 456:2000. The design includes load calculations and investigating the entire structure by utilizing STAAD Pro. Loading and the thickness esteems are alloted lastly, the outcome from the comparison is made.