Comparative Analysis & Design of RCC & Steel Preheater Tower Structure by Using STAAD. Pro

A liquid material after water concrete is the most consuming material in the world, concrete is the most important construction material used extensively to construct buildings, dams, roads, etc. As we know that concrete is a composite material with cement, coarse & fine aggregates bonding together with water that gives hardness with time. As per the 2018 year statistics, India is the second largest producer of cement in the world with 460 million tonnes per year which is over 8% of the global installed capacity. Cement is the most important material in concrete, In India, at present, there are 120 major cement plants and nearly 300 mini cement plants are manufacturing the cement. In Cement plants ‘Preheater tower’ is used, these preheater tower consists of several cyclones, these raw materials are fed at the top of the preheater tower through cyclones it travels to the bottom of the preheater tower, each cyclone in the preheater serves as a heat exchanger and a separate. In this project, a comparative analysis & design will be done between both the RCC structure & Steel structure Preheater tower as per Indian design standards by using Staad Pro software. In this design process, the loads which are affecting the structure will be taken and designed. And also the pros & cons will be discussed between the RCC & Steel structure Preheater tower. Here the height of the RCC and steel Preheater tower taking as 110 meters. It is observed that Maximum displacements at a height of 110 mts in RCC preheater tower are 130.59 mm and Steel preheater tower is 102.238 mm. The Maximum Moment at critical load combination is more in RCC preheater tower (i.e 205.6 kN.m) than Steel preheater tower (i.e 190.1 kN.m).The Maximum shear at critical load combination is more in Steel preheater tower 62.0 kN is more than RCC preheater tower 28.7 kN.