Comparison of Different Steel Sections for Design of Industrial Boiler Supporting Steel Structure

The purpose of this paper is to compare the structural behaviour and weight of Industrial boiler supporting steel structure using different steel sections for beam, columns & bracings and to suggest optimum sections for Industrial boiler supporting steel structure. In this work three models of Industrial boiler supporting steel structures have been created using finite element software STAAD.Pro CONNECT Edition. In first model, Indian standard sections are used i.e., ISMB sections for Beam, ISMB/ISWB sections for column and ISA sections for bracing. In second model Jindal & TATA Structural sections are used i.e., UB sections for Beam, UC/WPB sections for column and TATA SHS Sections for Bracing. In third model combination of sections are used i.e., ISMB sections for Beams, fabricated PG sections for column and TATA SHS for Bracings. These three models have been analysed and designed for the same geometry, loading, design parameters and are optimised to make weight of structure economical. After comparing all three models it is observed that third model i.e., ISMB sections for beam, fabricated PG sections for column and SHS sections for bracings has optimum results in terms of weight as compared to first two models.