Structural Design of

Multi-Story Building in
Salem, India
P. Jayachandran
And
S.Rajasekaran

India Project Center

India Project Center

PSG College of Technology
Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
PSG is a top 10 school in India
PSG Industrial Institute
PSG College of Medicine
PSG College of Nursing

India Project Center

PSG College of Arts for Women

PSG Industrial Institute
Electrical Machinery, Machine Tools
Lathes, Milling Machines
Pumps and Robots
WPI student Projects, IQP and MQP
7 week projects

Building Description

Multi-story Residential Building, Salem

Reinforced Concrete Building
Gravity and Lateral Loads
Indian Standards Codes
Canadian Code 1995
ANSI Standards 1995
Wind and Earthquake Loads

Structural Design

Design of Slabs
Design of Beams
Design of Girders
Structural Analysis using Staad 3
system
Structural Design of Columns
Design of Footings

Structural Design

Design Criteria
Strength Design-Flexure
Strength Design-Shear
Design of Columns-Axial Loads
Design of Columns-Bending
Design of Reinforcements
Connections

Design Documents

Design Drawings by using Auto-Cad

Quantities of Materials
Specifications
Structural Drawings
Check Displacements
Check Stability

Design Verification

Design of Cladding
Elastic Curve and Moment Diagrams
Finite Element Analysis
Final Design and Verification
Final Drawings and Detailing

Project Team

Fred Carrie, Abraham Pinales

Antonio Duarte
Senior Thesis
Wang and Salmon, RC Design
J.MacGregor, RC Mechanics and
Design
S.Rajasekaran, Finite Element Analysis

Conclusions

Conclusions
Design for Legislators
Cultural Influences in India
Reinforced Concrete vs Structural Steel
Pre-stressed Concrete
One way and two way slabs
Flat Plates

Design Process

Analysis
Design
Drawings
Connections
High Strength Concrete
Codes and Standards
Design verifications by Computer

Projects in India

Working in an ancient culture

Visit to Taj Mahal
Visit to Jaipur Palaces
Visit to Kathmandu-Nepal
Visit to Ooty and Wellington
Enhancement of Life experiences
Visit to Temples in Madurai

LCA Light Combat Aircraft

Aeronautical Development Agency

Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd.
IIT-Madras
PSG College of Technology
Structural Engineering Research Centre
Madras, CSIR National Labs, largest
Mach 2.0 Lightest Fighter Plane

PSG Industrial Institute

PSG-II is making wings and fuselage

Carbon Fibre Composites, Rudder
Delta Wing Aircfraft, GE Engine
$ 18.45 million per plane
Swedish Gripen $34.5 million-mach 2.5
Prof.S.Rajasekaran-PSG Tech
Non-linear FEM stress analysis

WPI India Project Centre

Will open in 2006-2007 year

1998 we sent 20 students
Senior Thesis
Society-Technology Projects
Masters Thesis Projects
PSG-IM Internships at PSG-II
Top ten schools-PSG Tech, IM, Medicine

Research in Tall Buildings

Profs. Jayachandran and Rajasekaran

Prof. John Bull, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Structural Design Agents
Preliminary Design of Tall Buildings
Stress Analysis
Final Design and Drawings
Software for Non-linear FEM

Web Pages

www.psgtech.edu
www.sercm@nic.in
www.iitm.ac.in
rajasekar@mail.psgtech.ac.in
John.bull@newcastle.ac.uk
jayachan@wpi.edu
www.annauniv.edu
http://www.tekniksipil.org/civil-engineering
http://www.tekniksipil.org