Structural analysis of a buidling using Robot Structural Analysis

1) HVAC System and its necessity is the modeling -

i) HVAC device is largely an meeting of diverse varieties of gadget hooked up collectively to offer heating and cooling in conjunction with

indoor weather manage.

ii) HVAC structures contain mechanical, electric and I & C additives to offer consolation to the occupants of constructing/area or to

maintain goods, merchandise or gadgets positioned in area.

iii) HVAC cooling structures can be incorporated with HVAC heating structures or those can be hooked up one after the other relying upon HVAC

design.

iv) HVAC device additionally serves on commercial scale to maintain the equipment strolling with the aid of using keeping the temperature of

area/hall/room wherein machines are hooked up.

v) HVAC water chillers have emerge as crucial for any enterprise for its diverse needs. The suitable software of superior manage techniques

in Heating, Ventilation, and Air-conditioning (HVAC) structures is fundamental to enhancing the strength performance of

buildings.

vi) Significant advances had been made withinside the beyond many years on version improvement to offer higher manage over the strength

intake of device additives at the same time as concurrently making sure a quality indoor surroundings in phrases of thermal consolation

and indoor air quality.

vii) Yet it's far an ongoing mission to choose and put in force the best-suitable modeling method for enhancing the manage approach of

HVAC structures.

viii) For the improvement of modeling studies it's far vital that the constructing studies network is knowledgeable approximately the role,

software, merits, shortcomings and consequences of various modeling strategies utilized in HVAC structures.

ix) Even aleven though numerous assessment articles had been posted on modeling strategies, the weaknesses and strengths of those

modeling strategies, in conjunction with performances of advanced fashions related to studies studies, have hardly ever been identified.

x) This examine provides a crucial assessment of modern-day modeling strategies utilized in HVAC structures concerning their applicability

and simplicity of reputation in exercise and summarizes the strengths, weaknesses, programs and overall performance of those modeling

strategies.

xi) Additionally, the overall performance and final results of a number of the advanced fashions utilized in actual global HVAC

structures had been discussed.

xii) From the sizeable crucial assessment it's far obvious that nearly each version has a major/minor shortcoming generated from assumptions,

unmeasured disturbances or uncertainties in a few device properties.

xiii) This assessment objectives at highlighting the shortcomings of current software-primarily based totally studies on HVAC structures

and accordingly, suggestions are offered to enhance the overall performance of constructing HVAC structures .

2)

Aim - To design HVAC system to each floor

Introduction - i) HVAC is an important part of residential structures such as single family homes, apartment buildings, hotels and

senior living facilities, medium to large industrial and office buildings such where safe and healthy building

conditions are regulated with respect to temperature and humidity, using fresh air from outdoors.

ii) HVAC systems control the overall climate in the building. They also make the proper adjustments whenever we

experience changes in outdoor temperature.

iii) HVAC systems today are automated, which means you no longer have to manually adjust the temperature settings

or the time settings of each machine .

Procedure -

Step 1)

i) Create a new file with Mechanical template .

ii) Click on Okay.

Step 2)

i) Once the Mechanical Template file is open , save it as Project 6

Step 3)

i) So now we have to Link our week 7 project to design the HVAC sysyem

ii) Click on Manage Link

iii) and Click on Add

iv) Add the link

v) Click on Okay .

Step 4)

i) Now we have to add the Air terminal

ii) Click on system - Select Air terminal option

iii) And add Suply Diffuser to the plan

iii) Place it according to it with you

v) Click on Supply Diffuser and give the offset of 8"

vi) Now Click on Mechancical Equipment and Add Air Handling Units to the system

vii) and place as shown in figure

viii) Now select All the Air terminals and and Air handling unit

ix) Click on Duct a following dialog box will open

x) System name as - Room 1

x) Click on Okay

xi) Now you will see Generate layout option in Ribbon bar

xii) Click on Generate layout option and select whichever possibility you want -

xiii) As there are 5 Possibility layouts are there - So I select 2 one

Step 5)

i) Similarly we have to add Return air terminal also

ii) Follow the same procedure to add the Return air and to create a Layout

Step 6)

i) Now we have to add Blowers

ii) Click on mechanical Equipments

iii) Click on Load Family and add the blowers

Step 7)

i) Click on Ground Floor plan layout

Step 8)

i) Copy all the HVAC units

ii) And Copy it to the 1st 2nd and 3rd Floor by using paste aligned selected level options .

Results - All the HVAC Components are added to the plan .

1) Realistic View

2) Wireframe 3D view

3)

Aim - To load plug-ins for robot structural analysis to your Revit software using the add-ins tab.

Introduction - 1) Robot Structural Analysis Professional is structural load analysis software that verifies code compliance and

uses BIM integrated workflows to exchange data with Revit.

2) It can help you to create more resilient, constructible designs that are accurate, coordinated, and connected to

BIM.

Procedure -

Step:-1

i) Open any Project which you have saved earlier

ii) At Right top you will see Autodesk shooping icon

Step 2)

i) After clicking this, the autodesk store website will be opened.

ii) Search Robot Structural Toolkit

Step 3)

i) Click on your Revit version and download it

Step 4)

i) Once set up file is downloaded

ii) Right click and run as Administartor and Install it

Step 5)

i) Now open the Revit Software

ii) In Analyze option you will see Robot Structural Analysis

Result - The robot structural analysis is successfully installed from the autodesk app store

4) Need of an assessment to buildings/analyze while modeling elements .

i) Structural evaluation is the technique of calculating the forces, moments and deflections to which the individuals in a shape are to be

subjected.

ii) There is a sizable variety of evaluation equipment imparting speed, precision and financial system of layout. 3-D, FE modelling,

bespoke portal frame, cell beam or plate grider layout software program are actually broadly available.

iii) Modelling catenary actions, bloodless fashioned member overall performance or grillage evaluation - most of these are actually common for

systems, in which hand evaluation is impossible.

iv) Increasingly state-of-the-art evaluation strategies retain to enhance the accuracy with which the behaviour of systems may be

predicted. To carry out an correct evaluation a structural engineer need to decide data along with structural loads, geometry etc

v) The outcomes of such an evaluation usually consist of help reactions, stresses and displacements. This data is then in comparison to

standards that suggest the situations of failure.

vi) Advanced structural evaluation might also additionally observe dynamic response, balance and non-linear behavior.

vii) There are 3 methods to the evaluation: the mechanics of substances technique (additionally called energy of substances), the pliability idea

technique and the finite factors technique.

viii) The first employ analytical formulations which practice by and large easy linear elastic models, main to closed-shape solutions, and

may regularly be solved through hand.

ix) The finite detail technique is virtually a numerical approach for fixing differential equations generated through theories of mechanics

along with elasticity idea and energy of substances.

x) However, the finite-detail approach relies upon closely at the processing energy of computer systems and is extra relevant to

systems of arbitrary length and complexity

5)

Aim - To export the complete analytical model to robot structural analysis from the structural model developed in week 6 and 7.

Introduction - 1) Robot Structural Analysis Professional is structural load analysis software that verifies code compliance and

uses BIM integrated workflows to exchange data with Revit.

2) It can help you to create more resilient, constructible designs that are accurate, coordinated, and connected to

BIM.

Procedure -

Step 1)

i) To start the Robot Analysis , we have to first open the Structural model which we have createe in week 6 & 7

ii) Open that Project file .

Step 2)

i) Click on Analyze .

ii) Now we have to add the Loads , Load cases , Load Combination and Boundary Condition .

iii) Following Load Combinations are considered

Load combinations:

1.5 DL + 1.5 LL

1DL+-1.5LL

1DL+-1.5LL + 1 WL

Step 3)

i) Now we have to add the Load Combinations

Step 4)

i) Click on Load Combination

ii) Add the load combinations which have mentioned earlier

Step 5)

i) Add the loads

ii) Click on load - Area loads

iii) Apply the area load around the area

Step 6)

i) Now we have to add the Boundary Conditions

ii) Go to Ananlytica 3D view

iii) Select the Support as Fixed

iv) Select the column and Apply the boundary conditions to all the columns

Step 7)

i) Once all the parameters are assigned

ii) Click on Analyze - Robot Structural Analysis

Step 8)

i) once you click a following dialog box will open

ii) Click Send Model

iii) Click Direct Integration

Step 9)

i) Once you click okay a analysis will start

ii) Robot Structural software will open

Step 10)

i) As there is an error in Robot analysis .

Results - A Structural Analysis is done

A)

i) A place where either the external force or the displacement are known at the begining of analysis is

boundary condition.

ii) To solve any structural analysis problem ,every location on the boundary of a structure must have known

force the known force must have some magnitude or it can be zero. Boundary conditions are expressed in

terms of applicable degrees of freedom. (DOF)

B)

1) Loads that must be supplied to floorings are -

i) dead load

ii) live load

iii) Floor Finish

2) Floor loads are applied as in the form of Uniformly distribiuted loads ( UDL )

C) Load combinations as per IS 456 -

i) 1.5 DL + 1.5 LL

ii) 1DL+-1.5LL

1DL+-1.5LL + 1 WL

D) As there is an error in analysis . Robot Analysis is not working .

6) Energy Ananlysis and Why do we considered in Modeling -

i) Perform strength evaluation at the constructing layout thru all stages, from the earliest conceptual segment thru specified layout, to make sure

which you are continuously operating closer to the maximum strength green constructing possible.

ii) Energy simulation can help you analyze the movement of energy in, out, and through the rooms and volumes in a building model.

iii) This information can help designers make better informed, cost-effective decisions that improve the performance and reduce the environmental

impact of buildings.

iv) Energy simulation will let you examine the motion of strength in, out, and thru the rooms and volumes in a constructing version.

v) This data can assist designers make higher informed, cost-powerful selections that enhance the overall performance and decrease the

environmental effect of buildings.

vi) Whole building energy simulation measures expected energy use (fuel and electricity) based on the building's geometry, climate, building type,

envelope properties, and active systems (HVAC & Lighting).

vii) Use Energy Analysis to carry out strength simulation for conceptual paperwork and specified architectural fashions created in Revit. Use the

simulation consequences to apprehend constructing strength use

viii) The strength version comprised of the Revit constructing version may be displayed in Revit, so that you can view and validate the strength

version used for evaluation.

How does the factor of sustainability improve the quality of your design

i) Sustainable layout offers with the philosophy of getting constructed and designed objects, buildings, environments and offerings that conforms

with the numerous concepts of ecological sustainability .

ii) This consists of retaining alternate in a homeostatic surroundings wherein using resources, inclination of investments, and the path of

improvement are balanced and meet the modern and destiny desires of humanity

iii) Simply put, sustainable layout represents improvement that now no longer handiest meets the desires of the prevailing however does so with

out compromising the capacity of destiny generations to fulfill their personal desires .

iv) Environmentlly sustainable buildings also have significant operational cost saving reducing energy required to heat and cool the building, more

efficient lighting systems and optimize the econoimc perfomance.