VSH Turòa nad Bodvou - Nemetschek Scia

Project: Covering of cinders’ box - Ugine & ALZ Arcelor Group
Location: Genk, Belgium
Owner: Ugine & ALZ Belgium N.V.
Engineering office: Ingenieursbureau Stendess N.V., Lovendegem,
Belgium
Contractor: Frijns Industrial Group, Netherlands
Total steel weight: ± 400 tons
Building period: middle 2006
Dimensions: height: ± 20 m
Overall length: ± 80 m
Overall width: ± 60 m
Short description of the project
In order to concentrate and evacuate the gasses during the
dumping and storage of the cinders, a building to cover the cinder
boxes had to be designed and built.
The building consists of different hanging boxes, which are separated
by hanging steel sheet walls.
One of the critical restraints in the design was that the amount of
columns had to be minimal and that existing foundations were to
be used. This resulted in a building of ± 80 m by ± 60 m supported
by only 7 main columns and consisting of hanging external and
internal walls.
Use of ESA-Prima Win
Description of technical questions to be solved with
ESA-Prima Win
The challenge in this project was to design a low budget steel
construction taking into account the existing foundations and the
severe restrictions that were to be met such as a minimal number of
columns (7 main columns), maximum free height inside the boxes
and the maximum use of existing steel profiles.
Because of the great amount of braced structures a non-linear
calculation was needed.
Finding the balance between a low cost structure and taking into
account the severe restrictions was a high creative demand in the
static layout and the dimensioning of the structure.
Description of our experience with ESA-Prima Win when realizing
the project.
For this project ESA-Prima Win proved its power to calculate at
highspeed large structures with a great number of elements and a
great number of combinations.
More, ESA-Prima Win proved that even for large structures the nonlinear
calculations could be done in an acceptable way and time.
Used modules:
• Base
• 3D frame
• Non linear calculations
• Steel code check (EC3)
Covering of cinders’ box - Ugine & ALZ Arcelor Group
Covering of cinders’ box
In order to concentrate and evacuate the gasses during the
dumping and storage of the cinders, a building to cover the
cinder boxes had to be designed and built.
The building consists of different hanging boxes, which are
separated by hanging steel sheet walls.
One of the critical restraints in the design was that the
amount of columns had to be minimal and that existing
foundations were to be used. This resulted in a building of
± 80 m by ± 60 m supported by only 7 main columns and
consisting of hanging external and internal walls.
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