Structural Design in RFEM
Dlubal's long-time customer Prof. Schmidt & Partner was commissioned by the company Balcke-Dürr, NL Rothemühle, with the structural design and calculation of the bag filter housing, including the flue gas/clean gas ducts, support structure, and staircase. The supporting structure with the total dimensions of W/L/H = 59 ft/157.4 ft/88.5 ft was entered in RFEM because it turned out to be useful in determining the structure in an FE model. A particular challenge was the consideration of South African standards and semi-finished products (cross-sections). The extensive RFEM profile database was a great help here. The supporting structure was designed using both structural and dynamic analysis; for example, for various temperature conditions and an earthquake load case.
| Structural Engineering | Prof. Schmidt & Partner Büro für Konstruktiven Ingenieurbau Kruppstraße 98 D-45145 Essen, Germany www.p-s-p.de |
| Investor | Eskom Enterprises Sandton, South Africa www.eskom.co.za |
