Analysis and Design of PEB Warehouse

Abstract

Introduction

This thesis focuses on the analysis and design of a warehouse in Chennai using the Pre-Engineered Building (PEB) concept, which involves prefabricated steel components manufactured off-site and assembled on-site. The design and analysis are performed using STAAD Pro software, following Indian standard codes, considering loads such as dead, live, wind, and seismic loads.

The PEB system offers advantages like reduced construction time, cost savings, flexibility, and seismic resistance, though it has drawbacks like low thermal resistivity and limited architectural freedom. The warehouse is a commercial storage facility vital to supply chains, typically equipped with storage areas, loading docks, and material-handling equipment.

Key structural components analyzed include rigid frames, post & beam frames, canopies, purlins & girts, bracing members, framed openings, wall lights, cage ladders, and roof monitors.

The problem addressed is designing a steel shed warehouse extension on an existing property with proper structural support, particularly focusing on handling wind loads, which are critical due to architectural layout variations. A rigid frame was designed to effectively transfer loads to the foundation, ensuring safety and durability.

The warehouse model is a multi-span structure with dimensions of 42m x 33m, a clear height of 5m, and specific details like color-coated galvalume sheets for roofing, wall lights, roof access ladders, and ridge ventilators. The analysis uses STAAD Pro to optimize the design for strength and cost-effectiveness.

Conclusion

In this paper we have effectively noticed that PEB structures can be easily designed effortlessly using software and simple calculations for connection design. By using Cold-form sections for sheeting support, dead load on the structure can be reduced. By using simpler profiles like “I”, “C”, “Z”, etc. sections PEB structures can be constructed fastly which end up in energy saving and cost effective against conventional steel structures. There are many choices that can be made in structural configuration of PEB.

References

[1] N. Subramanian,2010 “Steel Structures Design and Practice” oxford University press. [2] The relevant Standard/Codes used for the design for various elements and components of the building are given below

Copyright

Copyright © 2025 Vishnu Kumar, Ilavendan S. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.