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Comparison of Reinforced Cement Concrete Versus Steel Structures in Health Industry
Even after severe natural disasters such as earthquake, tsunami, heavy windstorm, flood, or fire, hospital structure should continue to be functional. Importance factor for seismic load condition for health structures is 1.5. To ensure cleanliness, expansion joint (seismic separation joint) is prohibited in the operating room and sterile corridor. Compared to other buildings, it requires greater service coordination in the areas of electrical, fire protection, low voltage, high ventilation, air conditioning, and medical gas pipe. Compared to a typical building, more pipe sleeves and service cutouts are needed. Because concrete structures are strong and long-lasting, they have a long service life. It needs little maintenance and costs relatively less. It is monolithically built, has superior fire resistance than steel, and produces the least apparent lateral displacement/deflection because to its stiffness. Unlike steel constructions, which require trained labour, RCC structures need unskilled manpower. RCC constructions will be less expensive overall than steel structures for the projects. Steel is factory-prefabricated and then bolted or welded together on location. Steel structure installation will take half as long as concrete structure installation. As a result, a quick return on investment. Off-site fabrication of steel structures is automated with input from Tekla software, which is then used as input by CNC machines. This reduces human error with very precise engineering, leading to excellent quality control. RCC, however, commonly faces quality concerns brought on by mixing, casting, curing, and shrinkage fractures. When compared to concrete buildings, fewer staff is needed for administration and execution. A finite element software tool was used to model and analyse structures. For a typical foundation size of a 24-storey structure in RCC and steel, a smaller foundation and less site work are required due to steel buildings, 40% lower weight than RCC buildings. When compared to RCC constructions, the cost of steel structures will increase by 40–50%.
Comparison of Reinforced Cement Concrete Versus Steel Structures in Health Industry
Even after severe natural disasters such as earthquake, tsunami, heavy windstorm, flood, or fire, hospital structure should continue to be functional. Importance factor for seismic load condition for health structures is 1.5. To ensure cleanliness, expansion joint (seismic separation joint) is prohibited in the operating room and sterile corridor. Compared to other buildings, it requires greater service coordination in the areas of electrical, fire protection, low voltage, high ventilation, air conditioning, and medical gas pipe. Compared to a typical building, more pipe sleeves and service cutouts are needed. Because concrete structures are strong and long-lasting, they have a long service life. It needs little maintenance and costs relatively less. It is monolithically built, has superior fire resistance than steel, and produces the least apparent lateral displacement/deflection because to its stiffness. Unlike steel constructions, which require trained labour, RCC structures need unskilled manpower. RCC constructions will be less expensive overall than steel structures for the projects. Steel is factory-prefabricated and then bolted or welded together on location. Steel structure installation will take half as long as concrete structure installation. As a result, a quick return on investment. Off-site fabrication of steel structures is automated with input from Tekla software, which is then used as input by CNC machines. This reduces human error with very precise engineering, leading to excellent quality control. RCC, however, commonly faces quality concerns brought on by mixing, casting, curing, and shrinkage fractures. When compared to concrete buildings, fewer staff is needed for administration and execution. A finite element software tool was used to model and analyse structures. For a typical foundation size of a 24-storey structure in RCC and steel, a smaller foundation and less site work are required due to steel buildings, 40% lower weight than RCC buildings. When compared to RCC constructions, the cost of steel structures will increase by 40–50%.
Comparison of Reinforced Cement Concrete Versus Steel Structures in Health Industry
Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering
Gencel, Osman (editor) / Balasubramanian, M. (editor) / Palanisamy, T. (editor) / Kavitha, R. (author) / Rajeshkumar, V. (author) / Sabarinathan, S. (author) / Vijai Anand, V. (author) / Ajithkumar, J. (author)
International Conference on Civil Engineering Innovative Development in Engineering Advances ; 2023 ; Kattankulathur, India
2023-11-21
7 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
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