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Development of Csharp-Based Computer Program for the Design 
of Single Storey Fixed-Feet Pitched-Roof Portal Frame 
Chinwuba Arum1* Oladimeji Benedict Olalusi1 
1Department of Civil Engineering, School of Engineering and Engineering Technology, 
The Federal University of Technology, Akure 
*E-mail of the corresponding author: arumcnwchrist@yahoo.co.uk 
Abstract 
This paper presents the design results of a simple task-specific Csharp-based computer program developed for 
the design of single storey fixed-feet pitched-roof portal frame. The program accommodates varying 
stanchion/rafter lengths and loadings. The overall process in the development of the program includes: 
formulation of the portal frame design outline, coding the outline into computer algorithm using Csharp 
programming language, implementing the developed program, development of the graphical user interface, 
testing the developed program and validation of results. Several sets of steel pitched-roof portal frame models 
were designed using the developed program and the design results were validated using established software - 
MasterSeries. Those frames were varied in span, slope angle and frame spacing. The design results obtained 
using the developed Csharp program were similar to the results obtained using standard software – MasterSeries, 
with greatest variation in the values standing at a mere 0.8%. Furthermore, the developed program was used to 
establish the relationships between span, slope angle, frame spacing and mass of framework steel of a single 
storey, fixed-feet pitched-roof portal sample frame building. 
Keywords; fixed-feet pitched-roof portal frame, code, Csharp 
1. Introduction 
1.1 General Overview 
The use of steel framed structures for large industrial buildings permits the creation of buildings with large and 
uninterrupted span areas, with the advantage of low cost, light weight and easy installation (Vasanthakumar, 
2013). Steel portal frame is the dominant form of structure for single-storey industrial and commercial buildings. 
It has become the most common structural form in pitched-roof buildings, because of its economy and versatility 
for a wide range of spans (Morris and Plum, 1988). The connections between the columns and the rafters are 
designed to be moment-resistant. Due to these very strong and rigid joints some of the bending moment in the 
rafters is transferred to the columns (Ming, 1972). This means that the size of the rafters can be reduced or the 
span can be increased for the same size of rafters (Dennis et al., 2004). 
Due to the large number of similar framed structures, the desire to automate the design and manufacturing 
process has been popular from the very early stage (Dowling et al., 1982). Owing to the continued increase in 
the price of materials, civil engineers and manufacturers are forced to reduce the costs of construction and 
shorten the implementation period to maintain their competitiveness. As a result, a new design trend was born: 
the use of the analysis and design software to evaluate feasible design options, replacing the conventional design 
methods (Vasanthakumar et al., 2013). According to Fady (2008), the introduction of software usage in the 
structural engineering industry has greatly reduced the complexities of different aspects in the analysis and 
design of projects, as well as the amount of time necessary to complete the designs. Concurrently, this leads to 
greater savings in material and reductions in costs. 
Member sizes can be optimized automatically (Arora and Govil, 1977). The ability of engineers to produce 
better designs relies on the techniques available for design optimization (Faluyi and Arum, 2012). Portal frames 
for industrial buildings have been extensively studied because of their widespread use. The improvement of the 
design methods for portal frames is one of the recurring topics in the field of steel structures (Petr et al., 2010). 
Vu and Werner (2009) developed a computer code at the Bauhaus University Weimar, Germany, which aimed to 
produce optimum design of portal frames. Ghassan (2012) developed a Matlab-algorithm to find the optimum 
design of steel portal frames according to the recommendations of Eurocode 3. 
Low (2011) developed a computer algorithm for plane frame analysis by using Matlab with numerical meshfree 
method. Abubakar and Abdulkadir (2011) developed a reliability based design program for portal frames.The 
program considered analysis of the steel pitched portal frames using elastic analysis, and the design using the 
requirements of BS5950. The programming language that was adopted was FORTRAN. In yet another work, 
Goh (2011) designed portal frames, based on BS 5950 and Euro code 3 and made comparison between the 
designs. 
The main goal of this research is to develop a simple task-specific Csharp-based computer program for the 
design of fixed-feet pitched-roof portal frames, and establish the relationship between span, slope angle, frame 
spacing and mass of framework steel of a sample single storey, fixed-feet pitched-roof portal frame building. 
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1.2 Csharp-Based Algorithm 
Sedgewick and Wayne (2011) defined an algorithm as a special series of instructions that define how a given 
computer problem can be solved in a finite number of steps. C# (pronounced “See Sharp”) is a simple, modern, 
object-oriented, and type-safe programming language. C# has its roots in the C family of languages and C, C++, 
and Java programmers are acquainted with it (Michealis, 2010). 
2. Methodology 
The research work was carried out in two stages, which include: 
i. Development of a computer program (or code), using Csharp programming language, for the design of 
single span, fixed support, pitched-roof portal frame. The program accommodates varying 
stanchion/rafter lengths and loadings. 
ii. Validation of the design results obtained using the developed code in (i) above by means of established 
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design software (MasterSeries). 
2.1 Program Development Steps 
The overall process in the development of the program (or code) is shown in a schematic diagram in Figure 1. 
2.1.1 Portal Frame Design Outline 
Elastic design method was adopted for the design of the portal frame. The design process used to develop the 
code for the pitched roof portal frame from BS 5950-1(2000) is summarised as follow: 
a) Analysis 
Analysis was performed using factored loads (Clause 5.2.2 of BS 5950-1-2000). The program was developed 
based on the formulae for rigid frames developed in 1931 by Kleinlogel (as cited by Righiniotis, 2003), for the 
analysis of fixed-feet gable frame with vertical legs. 
b) Classification of Sections 
The section was checked with reference to Clause 3.5.2 and table 11 of BC 5950: Part 1 (2000). 
c) Slenderness Check 
The slenderness was checked with reference to Annex E.2 and Clause 5.1.3 of BS 5950-1 (2000). 
The beam and the column stiffnesses were respectively computed according to Eqns. (1) and (2). Thus: 
(1) 
(2) 
The stiffness of the foundation was assumed equal to the column stiffness. 
The distribution factors for the ends of the column-length were obtained by Eqns. (3) and (4) as follows: 
(3) 
(4) 
The effective length ratios about the Y and the X axes were obtained respectively by Eqns (5) and (6). 
(5) 
(6) 
The slenderness ratios about the X and the Y axes were computed using Eqns. (7) and (8) respectively. 
λx = (7) 
λy = (8) 
where; 
is column stiffness 
is beam stiffness 
is length of span 
and are the effective lengths about the two orthogonal axes X and Y. 
and are the radii of gyration about the two orthogonal axes X and Y. 
λx and λy are the slenderness values about the two orthogonal axes X and Y. 
d) Compression Resistance 
The compression resistance was checked according to Clause 4.7.4 of BS 5950-1 (2000). 
For plastic, compact and semi-compact sections the compression resistance Pc is given by Eqn. (9): 
Pc = Ag y p (9) 
where; 
Pc is compression resistance;
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Ag is gross cross-sectional area; and 
y p is the compressive strength. 
e) Shear Capacity Check 
The shear capacity was checked using Clause 4.2.3 of BS 5950-1 (2000). 
V y V P  0.6p A (10) 
A tD V  (for rolled sections) (11) 
where: 
V P is the Shear capacity of a member; 
y p is the design strength of steel; 
V A is the effective shear area; 
D is the depth of section; and 
t is the thickness of web. 
e) Moment Capacity Check 
The moment capacity was checked using Clause 4.2.5 of BS 5950-1 (2000). If the shear force Fv is not greater 
than 60% of the shear capacity (Fv  0.6Pv) we have the case of low shear. The moment capacity in that case was 
determined according to Eqn. (12) for class 1 plastic and class 2 compact sections. 
M p S C y  (12) 
If the Shear forces Fv is greater than 60% of the shear capacity (Fv ˃ 0.6Pv) we have the case of high shear. The 
moment capacity in that case was determined according to Eqn. (13) for class 1 plastic and class 2 compact 
sections. 
( ) C y V M  p S S (13) 
where: 
C M is the plastic moment capacity of the section; 
y p is the design strength of steel; 
S is the plastic modulus; 
is reduction factor; and 
V S is the plastic modulus of the shear area. 
f) Local capacity check 
The capacity and buckling resistance of members was checked using Clause 4.8.3.2 of BS 5950-1 (2000). The 
cross-sectional capacity of compression members was checked using relationship (14): 
+ + (14) 
where: 
is the ultimate axial compression at the critical location; 
is the ultimate bending moment about the major axis; 
is the ultimate bending moment about minor axis; 
is the gross cross-sectional area of the section of the member; 
is the design strength; 
is the moment capacity about the major axis (X-X axis); and 
is the moment capacity about the minor axis (Y-Y axis). 
g) Overall buckling check 
The member buckling resistance was checked according to relationship (15) (Ray, 1998) by ensuring that 
relationship (15) was satisfied. 
+ + (15) 
where: 
is the compressive strength; 
is the ultimate axial compression at the critical location; 
is the ultimate bending moment about the major axis;
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is the ultimate bending moment about the minor axis; 
is the gross cross-sectional area of member section; 
is the design strength; 
is the buckling resistance moment; 
 for a single frame (17) 
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m is the equivalent uniform moment factor; and 
is the elastic section modulus about the Y-Y axis ( minor axis). 
(i) Stability Check 
The stability of the frame was checked using the sway-check method (Salter et al., 2004). 
 Sway-check method 
The sway-check method was used to verify the in-plane stability of the portal frames if each bay satisfies the 
following conditions: 
(a) Span, L does not exceed five times the mean height h of the columns; 
(b) Height, hr of the apex above the tops of the columns does not exceed 
0.25 times the span, L. 
The ratio of the effective span of a bay to the cross-sectional depth of the rafter must satisfy the inequality (16) 
(Salter et al., 2004). 
 
  
 
 
 
 
L 275 
  
  
 
 
 
 
44  
  
L 
  
 
 
r yr 
b 
p 
L 
h pL 
D 
4 
(16) 
In which 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
  
 
L 
h 
I 
c 2 
I 
r 
where; 
D is the cross-section depth of the rafter; 
h the mean column height; 
Ic the in-plane second moment of area of the column; 
Ir the in-plane second moment of area of the rafter; 
L the span of the bay; 
Lb is the effective span of the bay; 
Ω is the arching ratio; 
Lr the total developed length of the rafters; and 
Pyr the design strength of the rafters in N/mm2. 
2.1.2 Coding the outline 
CSharp programming language was used as the language to code the design outline into an algorithm. 
2.1.3 Implementation of the Developed Program 
The graphical interface was created using a windows application called Windows Presentation Foundation 
(WPF) in visual studio.Net. Extensible Application Markup Language (XAML) was used to implement the 
appearance of the interface. 
2.1.4 Testing the Program 
Several sets of steel pitched roof portal frame models were designed using the developed program. Those frames 
were varied in span, slope angle and frame spacing, as tabulated and shown in Tables 1, 2 and 3. 
The dead and imposed loads on the frame were obtained with reference to BS 6399-1 (1997) and information 
provided by relevant manufacturers in the case of proprietary products. The loadings are shown in Table 4. 
Other relevant information includes the following: 
Young Modulus E = 210GPa 
Steel Grade y p = 275 N/mm2 
2.1.5 Validation of results 
Currently, there are quite a number of structural design software applications present in the market. Their use has 
become prevalent amongst a majority of structural engineers and engineering firms. An example of these 
established software application is MasterSeries. 
MasterSeries was used to design the same sets of frames earlier designed using the developed program, in order 
to validate the design results obtained using the developed program.
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2.1.6 Application Flow Chart 
The flow diagram illustrating the step by step process of a rigid pitched roof portal frame design as developed in 
this research is shown in Fig. 2. 
3. Results and Discussions 
Several sets of portal frame configurations were set to validate the design results of the developed program. 
3.1.1 Design Case 1: Varying Span Length 
As shown in Table 1, for this design case, four different spans (30m, 40m, 50m and 60m) were considered for 
fixed column height of 6m and slope angle of 6º. 
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a) Analysis 
The analysis results from the developed algorithm and MasterSeries were compared. The Maximum bending 
moments in each frame are shown in Table 5. The percentage difference between the developed algorithm and 
MasterSeries was calculated by Eqn. (18) and the results are shown in Table 5. 
% difference = 100 (18) 
Similar distributions of bending moments were obtained using the developed program and MasterSeries for the 
various portal frame configurations and the values of maximum forces were obtained at the same locations. 
Table 5 shows that the developed algorithm gave a maximum difference of 0.78% for the analysis of bending 
moment compared with the result from MasterSeries. The cross-sectional area of column and rafter sections in 
each frame at varying span length is shown in Table 6 for comparison. As Table 6 shows, the areas of sections of 
the frame members increase as the span of the portal frame increases; consequently, the mass of the portal frame 
increases. This shows that the longer the span, the greater the mass of the frame. 
b) Design check 
The design procedure includes the checking of the axial compression, bending moment, as well as the interaction 
between the bending and the axial compression to ensure the capacity of the member is sufficient. 
3.1.2 Design Case 2: Varying Slope angle 
Four different Slope angles (6º, 8º, 10º and 12º) were considered for fixed column height of 6m and frame span 
of 30m. 
a) Analysis 
The results from the developed algorithm and MasterSeries tabulated and compared. The maximum bending 
moment values in each frame are shown in Table 7. The table shows that an increase in slope angle translates to 
reduction in the maximum moment developed in each frame, which is similar using the developed program and 
the MasterSeries. This is logical since moment distribution is dependent on the geometrical properties of the 
frame. 
b) Design 
The cross-sectional areas of column and rafter sections in each frame at varying slope angles are shown in Table 
8. The table shows that increase in slope angle translates to reduction in the area of section of the members and 
by inference reduction in the mass of the portal frame. This shows that frames with higher pitch are more 
economical. Furthermore, Table 8 shows that the cross-sectional areas obtained using Masterseries and the 
results obtained by using the developed code, are similar. 
3.1.3 Design Case 3: Varying Frame Spacing 
Table 9 shows the frame and building details necessary to carry out this design case. Four different frame 
spacings (2m, 4m, 6m and 8m) were considered for fixed column height of 6m, frame span of 30m and slope 
angle of 6º. The optimum sections obtained for the purlins at varying frame spacing were tabulated for 
comparison and shown in Tables 10 and 11. Table 10 shows the comparison of the purlin design section sizes 
obtained by using parallel flange channels for frame spacings of 2m and 4m, and universal beam sections for 
frame spacings of 6m and 8m. Universal beams were used for 6m and 8m spacings because the depths of the 
available standard parallel flange channel sections were inadequate for such spans. Table 11 shows the 
comparison of the purlin design section sizes obtained by using universal beam sections only for all frame 
spacings considered (2m, 4m, 6m, 8m). 
The mass of structural steel of the pitched roof portal frame building as determined for varying spacing using 
universal beam sections only, is shown in Tables 12 and 13 for the developed program and for Masterseries 
respectively. As both tables show, the mass of purlin increases as the frame spacing increases. Smaller frame 
spacing resulted in the initial very low mass of purlin. Finally, the overall mass of the structure increases as the 
frame spacing increases.
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4. Conclusions 
The design results obtained using the developed Csharp algorithms were similar to the results obtained using 
standard software MasterSeries with greatest variation in the values standing at 0.78%. Besides, this research 
work has established the relationship between span, slope angle, frame spacing and mass of framework steel of 
single storey, fixed-feet pitched-roof portal frame building. The results show that increase in frame spacing of 
the building, results in increase in the mass of framework steel. For instance, for a 24m long fixed-feet frame 
building at 2m spacing with slope angle of 6º and span length of 30m, the overall mass of frame was 52,565 kg 
whereas a mass of 118,141 kg was obtained for the same building for a frame spacing of 8m. 
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Table 1. Portal Frame with Varied Span (Column Height hc = 6m; Slope Angle =6º; Frame Spacing = 5m) 
Frame 1 2 3 4 
Span (m) 30 40 50 60 
Table 2. Portal Frame with Varied Slope Angle (Column Height hc = 6m; Span = 30m; Frame Spacing = 5m) 
Frame 1 2 3 4 
Slope Angle (º) 6 8 10 12 
Table 3. Portal Frame with Varied Frame Spacing (Column Height hc = 6m; Span = 30m; Slope Angle = 6º) 
Building (Length = 1 2 3 4 
Frame Spacing (m) 2 4 6 8 
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Table 4. Portal Frame Loadings 
Load Contributor Sheetings Purlins Frame Services Total Dead 
Load 
Total Live 
Load 
Load (kN/m2) 0.04 0.07 0.11 0.28 0.5 0.6 
Table 5. Comparison of Maximum Bending Moments in Each Frame at Varying Span Length 
Maximum Bending Moment (kNm) 
Span Length (m) Developed Algorithm MasterSeries % Difference 
30 508.2 510.8 0.509 
40 811.2 817.6 0.783 
50 1276.1 1280.9 0.383 
60 1864.7 1860.5 0.226 
Table 6. Comparison of Area of section at Varying Span Length 
Area of section, cm2 
Developed Code MasterSeries 
Span Length (m) Column Rafter Column Rafter 
30 117 105 117 105 
40 159 159 159 159 
50 220 220 220 220 
60 286 256 256 256 
Table 7. Comparison of Maximum Bending Moments in Each Frame at Varying Slope Angle 
Maximum Bending Moment (kNm) 
Slope Angle (º) Developed Code MasterSeries % Difference 
6 508.2 510.8 0.509 
8 498.8 499 0.040 
10 461.8 461.4 0.087 
12 446.2 446.52 0.072 
Table 8. Comparison of Area of Section at Varying Slope Angle 
Area of section, cm2 
Developed Code MasterSeries 
Slope Angle (º) Column Rafter Column Rafter 
6 117 105 117 105 
8 117 105 117 105 
10 105 104 104 104 
12 105 104 104 104
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Table 9. Additional Details of the Pitched-roof Portal Frame Building 
Length of Building (L) 24m 
Slope Angle 6º 
Height of Roof 1.58m 
Rafter Length (Lr) 15.1m 
Number of Purlins (along Slope) 25 @ 1.2m interval 
Table 10. Comparison of Purlin Design Section Sizes at Varying Frame Spacing using Parallel Flange and 
Universal Beam Sections 
Section Designation 
Frame Spacing (m) Developed Program MasterSeries Section Name 
2 150x75x18 150x75x18 Parallel Flange Channel 
4 380x100x54 380x100x54 Parallel Flange Channel 
6 457x191x98 533x210x92 Universal Beam 
8 686x254x170 610x305x179 Universal Beam 
Table 11. Comparison of Purlin Design Section Sizes at Varying Frame Spacing using Universal Beam Sections 
only 
Section Designation 
Frame Spacing (m) Developed Algorithm MasterSeries Section Name 
2 152x89x16 152x89x16 Universal Beam 
4 356x171x57 356x171x57 Universal Beam 
6 457x191x98 533x210x92 Universal Beam 
8 686x254x170 610x305x179 Universal Beam 
Table 12. Variation of Mass of Structural Steel of a Fixed-feet Pitched-Roof Building using the Developed 
Program 
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Frame 
Spacing 
s 
(m) 
Number of 
frame 
nf =(L/s) 
Mass of 
Rafters 
MR 
(kg) 
Mass of 
Columns 
MC 
(kg) 
Mass of 
Frame 
MF = (MR+ 
MC) 
(kg) 
Mass of 
Purlin 
(MP) 
(kg) 
Mass of 
Structure 
(MS) = 
(MF + MP) 
(kg) 
2 12 29,717 13,248 42,965 9,600 52,565 
4 6 14,858 6,624 21,482 34,200 55,682 
6 4 9,906 4,416 14,322 58,800 73,122 
8 3 7,429 3,312 10,741 102,000 112,741 
Table 13. Variation of Mass of Structural Steel of a Fixed-feet Pitched-roof Building using MasterSeries 
Frame 
Spacing 
s 
(m) 
Number of 
frame 
nf =(L/s) 
Mass of 
Rafter 
MR 
(kg) 
Mass of 
Column 
MC 
(kg) 
Mass of Frame 
MF = (MR+ MC) 
(kg) 
Mass of 
Purlin 
(MP) 
(kg) 
Mass of 
Structure 
(MS) = 
(MF + MP) 
(kg) 
2 12 29,717 13,248 42,965 9,600 52,565 
4 6 14,858 6,624 21,482 34,200 55,682 
6 4 9,906 4,416 14,322 55,200 69,522 
8 3 7,429 3,312 10,741 107,400 118,141
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Figure 3. Relationship between Frame spacing and Mass of Purlin 
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Figure 4. Relationship between Frame Spacing and Mass of Frame 
Figure 5. Relationship between Frame Spacing and Mass of Structure 
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  • 1. Civil and Environmental Research www.iiste.org ISSN 2224-5790 (Paper) ISSN 2225-0514 (Online) Vol.6, No.8, 2014 Development of Csharp-Based Computer Program for the Design of Single Storey Fixed-Feet Pitched-Roof Portal Frame Chinwuba Arum1* Oladimeji Benedict Olalusi1 1Department of Civil Engineering, School of Engineering and Engineering Technology, The Federal University of Technology, Akure *E-mail of the corresponding author: arumcnwchrist@yahoo.co.uk Abstract This paper presents the design results of a simple task-specific Csharp-based computer program developed for the design of single storey fixed-feet pitched-roof portal frame. The program accommodates varying stanchion/rafter lengths and loadings. The overall process in the development of the program includes: formulation of the portal frame design outline, coding the outline into computer algorithm using Csharp programming language, implementing the developed program, development of the graphical user interface, testing the developed program and validation of results. Several sets of steel pitched-roof portal frame models were designed using the developed program and the design results were validated using established software - MasterSeries. Those frames were varied in span, slope angle and frame spacing. The design results obtained using the developed Csharp program were similar to the results obtained using standard software – MasterSeries, with greatest variation in the values standing at a mere 0.8%. Furthermore, the developed program was used to establish the relationships between span, slope angle, frame spacing and mass of framework steel of a single storey, fixed-feet pitched-roof portal sample frame building. Keywords; fixed-feet pitched-roof portal frame, code, Csharp 1. Introduction 1.1 General Overview The use of steel framed structures for large industrial buildings permits the creation of buildings with large and uninterrupted span areas, with the advantage of low cost, light weight and easy installation (Vasanthakumar, 2013). Steel portal frame is the dominant form of structure for single-storey industrial and commercial buildings. It has become the most common structural form in pitched-roof buildings, because of its economy and versatility for a wide range of spans (Morris and Plum, 1988). The connections between the columns and the rafters are designed to be moment-resistant. Due to these very strong and rigid joints some of the bending moment in the rafters is transferred to the columns (Ming, 1972). This means that the size of the rafters can be reduced or the span can be increased for the same size of rafters (Dennis et al., 2004). Due to the large number of similar framed structures, the desire to automate the design and manufacturing process has been popular from the very early stage (Dowling et al., 1982). Owing to the continued increase in the price of materials, civil engineers and manufacturers are forced to reduce the costs of construction and shorten the implementation period to maintain their competitiveness. As a result, a new design trend was born: the use of the analysis and design software to evaluate feasible design options, replacing the conventional design methods (Vasanthakumar et al., 2013). According to Fady (2008), the introduction of software usage in the structural engineering industry has greatly reduced the complexities of different aspects in the analysis and design of projects, as well as the amount of time necessary to complete the designs. Concurrently, this leads to greater savings in material and reductions in costs. Member sizes can be optimized automatically (Arora and Govil, 1977). The ability of engineers to produce better designs relies on the techniques available for design optimization (Faluyi and Arum, 2012). Portal frames for industrial buildings have been extensively studied because of their widespread use. The improvement of the design methods for portal frames is one of the recurring topics in the field of steel structures (Petr et al., 2010). Vu and Werner (2009) developed a computer code at the Bauhaus University Weimar, Germany, which aimed to produce optimum design of portal frames. Ghassan (2012) developed a Matlab-algorithm to find the optimum design of steel portal frames according to the recommendations of Eurocode 3. Low (2011) developed a computer algorithm for plane frame analysis by using Matlab with numerical meshfree method. Abubakar and Abdulkadir (2011) developed a reliability based design program for portal frames.The program considered analysis of the steel pitched portal frames using elastic analysis, and the design using the requirements of BS5950. The programming language that was adopted was FORTRAN. In yet another work, Goh (2011) designed portal frames, based on BS 5950 and Euro code 3 and made comparison between the designs. The main goal of this research is to develop a simple task-specific Csharp-based computer program for the design of fixed-feet pitched-roof portal frames, and establish the relationship between span, slope angle, frame spacing and mass of framework steel of a sample single storey, fixed-feet pitched-roof portal frame building. 152
  • 2. Civil and Environmental Research www.iiste.org ISSN 2224-5790 (Paper) ISSN 2225-0514 (Online) Vol.6, No.8, 2014 1.2 Csharp-Based Algorithm Sedgewick and Wayne (2011) defined an algorithm as a special series of instructions that define how a given computer problem can be solved in a finite number of steps. C# (pronounced “See Sharp”) is a simple, modern, object-oriented, and type-safe programming language. C# has its roots in the C family of languages and C, C++, and Java programmers are acquainted with it (Michealis, 2010). 2. Methodology The research work was carried out in two stages, which include: i. Development of a computer program (or code), using Csharp programming language, for the design of single span, fixed support, pitched-roof portal frame. The program accommodates varying stanchion/rafter lengths and loadings. ii. Validation of the design results obtained using the developed code in (i) above by means of established 153 design software (MasterSeries). 2.1 Program Development Steps The overall process in the development of the program (or code) is shown in a schematic diagram in Figure 1. 2.1.1 Portal Frame Design Outline Elastic design method was adopted for the design of the portal frame. The design process used to develop the code for the pitched roof portal frame from BS 5950-1(2000) is summarised as follow: a) Analysis Analysis was performed using factored loads (Clause 5.2.2 of BS 5950-1-2000). The program was developed based on the formulae for rigid frames developed in 1931 by Kleinlogel (as cited by Righiniotis, 2003), for the analysis of fixed-feet gable frame with vertical legs. b) Classification of Sections The section was checked with reference to Clause 3.5.2 and table 11 of BC 5950: Part 1 (2000). c) Slenderness Check The slenderness was checked with reference to Annex E.2 and Clause 5.1.3 of BS 5950-1 (2000). The beam and the column stiffnesses were respectively computed according to Eqns. (1) and (2). Thus: (1) (2) The stiffness of the foundation was assumed equal to the column stiffness. The distribution factors for the ends of the column-length were obtained by Eqns. (3) and (4) as follows: (3) (4) The effective length ratios about the Y and the X axes were obtained respectively by Eqns (5) and (6). (5) (6) The slenderness ratios about the X and the Y axes were computed using Eqns. (7) and (8) respectively. λx = (7) λy = (8) where; is column stiffness is beam stiffness is length of span and are the effective lengths about the two orthogonal axes X and Y. and are the radii of gyration about the two orthogonal axes X and Y. λx and λy are the slenderness values about the two orthogonal axes X and Y. d) Compression Resistance The compression resistance was checked according to Clause 4.7.4 of BS 5950-1 (2000). For plastic, compact and semi-compact sections the compression resistance Pc is given by Eqn. (9): Pc = Ag y p (9) where; Pc is compression resistance;
  • 3. Civil and Environmental Research www.iiste.org ISSN 2224-5790 (Paper) ISSN 2225-0514 (Online) Vol.6, No.8, 2014 154 Ag is gross cross-sectional area; and y p is the compressive strength. e) Shear Capacity Check The shear capacity was checked using Clause 4.2.3 of BS 5950-1 (2000). V y V P  0.6p A (10) A tD V  (for rolled sections) (11) where: V P is the Shear capacity of a member; y p is the design strength of steel; V A is the effective shear area; D is the depth of section; and t is the thickness of web. e) Moment Capacity Check The moment capacity was checked using Clause 4.2.5 of BS 5950-1 (2000). If the shear force Fv is not greater than 60% of the shear capacity (Fv  0.6Pv) we have the case of low shear. The moment capacity in that case was determined according to Eqn. (12) for class 1 plastic and class 2 compact sections. M p S C y  (12) If the Shear forces Fv is greater than 60% of the shear capacity (Fv ˃ 0.6Pv) we have the case of high shear. The moment capacity in that case was determined according to Eqn. (13) for class 1 plastic and class 2 compact sections. ( ) C y V M  p S S (13) where: C M is the plastic moment capacity of the section; y p is the design strength of steel; S is the plastic modulus; is reduction factor; and V S is the plastic modulus of the shear area. f) Local capacity check The capacity and buckling resistance of members was checked using Clause 4.8.3.2 of BS 5950-1 (2000). The cross-sectional capacity of compression members was checked using relationship (14): + + (14) where: is the ultimate axial compression at the critical location; is the ultimate bending moment about the major axis; is the ultimate bending moment about minor axis; is the gross cross-sectional area of the section of the member; is the design strength; is the moment capacity about the major axis (X-X axis); and is the moment capacity about the minor axis (Y-Y axis). g) Overall buckling check The member buckling resistance was checked according to relationship (15) (Ray, 1998) by ensuring that relationship (15) was satisfied. + + (15) where: is the compressive strength; is the ultimate axial compression at the critical location; is the ultimate bending moment about the major axis;
  • 4. Civil and Environmental Research www.iiste.org ISSN 2224-5790 (Paper) ISSN 2225-0514 (Online) Vol.6, No.8, 2014 is the ultimate bending moment about the minor axis; is the gross cross-sectional area of member section; is the design strength; is the buckling resistance moment;  for a single frame (17) 155 m is the equivalent uniform moment factor; and is the elastic section modulus about the Y-Y axis ( minor axis). (i) Stability Check The stability of the frame was checked using the sway-check method (Salter et al., 2004).  Sway-check method The sway-check method was used to verify the in-plane stability of the portal frames if each bay satisfies the following conditions: (a) Span, L does not exceed five times the mean height h of the columns; (b) Height, hr of the apex above the tops of the columns does not exceed 0.25 times the span, L. The ratio of the effective span of a bay to the cross-sectional depth of the rafter must satisfy the inequality (16) (Salter et al., 2004).        L 275         44    L     r yr b p L h pL D 4 (16) In which              L h I c 2 I r where; D is the cross-section depth of the rafter; h the mean column height; Ic the in-plane second moment of area of the column; Ir the in-plane second moment of area of the rafter; L the span of the bay; Lb is the effective span of the bay; Ω is the arching ratio; Lr the total developed length of the rafters; and Pyr the design strength of the rafters in N/mm2. 2.1.2 Coding the outline CSharp programming language was used as the language to code the design outline into an algorithm. 2.1.3 Implementation of the Developed Program The graphical interface was created using a windows application called Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) in visual studio.Net. Extensible Application Markup Language (XAML) was used to implement the appearance of the interface. 2.1.4 Testing the Program Several sets of steel pitched roof portal frame models were designed using the developed program. Those frames were varied in span, slope angle and frame spacing, as tabulated and shown in Tables 1, 2 and 3. The dead and imposed loads on the frame were obtained with reference to BS 6399-1 (1997) and information provided by relevant manufacturers in the case of proprietary products. The loadings are shown in Table 4. Other relevant information includes the following: Young Modulus E = 210GPa Steel Grade y p = 275 N/mm2 2.1.5 Validation of results Currently, there are quite a number of structural design software applications present in the market. Their use has become prevalent amongst a majority of structural engineers and engineering firms. An example of these established software application is MasterSeries. MasterSeries was used to design the same sets of frames earlier designed using the developed program, in order to validate the design results obtained using the developed program.
  • 5. Civil and Environmental Research www.iiste.org ISSN 2224-5790 (Paper) ISSN 2225-0514 (Online) Vol.6, No.8, 2014 2.1.6 Application Flow Chart The flow diagram illustrating the step by step process of a rigid pitched roof portal frame design as developed in this research is shown in Fig. 2. 3. Results and Discussions Several sets of portal frame configurations were set to validate the design results of the developed program. 3.1.1 Design Case 1: Varying Span Length As shown in Table 1, for this design case, four different spans (30m, 40m, 50m and 60m) were considered for fixed column height of 6m and slope angle of 6º. 156 a) Analysis The analysis results from the developed algorithm and MasterSeries were compared. The Maximum bending moments in each frame are shown in Table 5. The percentage difference between the developed algorithm and MasterSeries was calculated by Eqn. (18) and the results are shown in Table 5. % difference = 100 (18) Similar distributions of bending moments were obtained using the developed program and MasterSeries for the various portal frame configurations and the values of maximum forces were obtained at the same locations. Table 5 shows that the developed algorithm gave a maximum difference of 0.78% for the analysis of bending moment compared with the result from MasterSeries. The cross-sectional area of column and rafter sections in each frame at varying span length is shown in Table 6 for comparison. As Table 6 shows, the areas of sections of the frame members increase as the span of the portal frame increases; consequently, the mass of the portal frame increases. This shows that the longer the span, the greater the mass of the frame. b) Design check The design procedure includes the checking of the axial compression, bending moment, as well as the interaction between the bending and the axial compression to ensure the capacity of the member is sufficient. 3.1.2 Design Case 2: Varying Slope angle Four different Slope angles (6º, 8º, 10º and 12º) were considered for fixed column height of 6m and frame span of 30m. a) Analysis The results from the developed algorithm and MasterSeries tabulated and compared. The maximum bending moment values in each frame are shown in Table 7. The table shows that an increase in slope angle translates to reduction in the maximum moment developed in each frame, which is similar using the developed program and the MasterSeries. This is logical since moment distribution is dependent on the geometrical properties of the frame. b) Design The cross-sectional areas of column and rafter sections in each frame at varying slope angles are shown in Table 8. The table shows that increase in slope angle translates to reduction in the area of section of the members and by inference reduction in the mass of the portal frame. This shows that frames with higher pitch are more economical. Furthermore, Table 8 shows that the cross-sectional areas obtained using Masterseries and the results obtained by using the developed code, are similar. 3.1.3 Design Case 3: Varying Frame Spacing Table 9 shows the frame and building details necessary to carry out this design case. Four different frame spacings (2m, 4m, 6m and 8m) were considered for fixed column height of 6m, frame span of 30m and slope angle of 6º. The optimum sections obtained for the purlins at varying frame spacing were tabulated for comparison and shown in Tables 10 and 11. Table 10 shows the comparison of the purlin design section sizes obtained by using parallel flange channels for frame spacings of 2m and 4m, and universal beam sections for frame spacings of 6m and 8m. Universal beams were used for 6m and 8m spacings because the depths of the available standard parallel flange channel sections were inadequate for such spans. Table 11 shows the comparison of the purlin design section sizes obtained by using universal beam sections only for all frame spacings considered (2m, 4m, 6m, 8m). The mass of structural steel of the pitched roof portal frame building as determined for varying spacing using universal beam sections only, is shown in Tables 12 and 13 for the developed program and for Masterseries respectively. As both tables show, the mass of purlin increases as the frame spacing increases. Smaller frame spacing resulted in the initial very low mass of purlin. Finally, the overall mass of the structure increases as the frame spacing increases.
  • 6. Civil and Environmental Research www.iiste.org ISSN 2224-5790 (Paper) ISSN 2225-0514 (Online) Vol.6, No.8, 2014 4. Conclusions The design results obtained using the developed Csharp algorithms were similar to the results obtained using standard software MasterSeries with greatest variation in the values standing at 0.78%. Besides, this research work has established the relationship between span, slope angle, frame spacing and mass of framework steel of single storey, fixed-feet pitched-roof portal frame building. The results show that increase in frame spacing of the building, results in increase in the mass of framework steel. For instance, for a 24m long fixed-feet frame building at 2m spacing with slope angle of 6º and span length of 30m, the overall mass of frame was 52,565 kg whereas a mass of 118,141 kg was obtained for the same building for a frame spacing of 8m. References Abubakar, I. and Abdulkadir, O. (2011). Reliability - Based Design of a Rigid Pitched Steel Portal Frame. International Journal of Civil & Environmental Engineering, IJCEE IJENS Vol. 11, No. 6, pp. 92 – 99. Arora, J. and Govil, A. (1977). An efficient method for optimal structural design by substructures. Computers 157 and Structures, Vol. 7, pp. 507-515. Faluyi, F. and Arum, C. (2012). Design Optimization of Plate Girder Using Generalized Reduced Gradient and Constrained Artificial Bee Colony Algorithms. International Journal of Emerging Technology and Advanced Engineering, IJETAE Volume 2, Issue 7, pp. 304 – 312. British Standards Institution (2000). Structural use of steelwork in building. Part 1: Code of practice for design in simple and continuous construction: hot rolled sections. BS 5950, BSI, London. British Standards Institution (1997). Loading for buildings. Part 1: Code of practice for dead and imposed loads. BS 6399, BSI, London. Dennis, L., Thien, C. and Sing-Ping, C. (2004). Structural Steelwork, Design to Limit State Theory, Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann. Dowling P.J., Mears T., Owens G. and Raven K. (1982). A development in the automated design and fabrication of portal framed industrial buildings, The Structural Engineer, vol. 60A, pp. 311-319. Fady, R. S. R. (2008). Computer Analysis and Reinforced Concrete Design of Beams. Fadzter Engineering. Available from: www.fadzter.com/engineering. (Accessed: 30 January 2014) Ghassan, N. (2012). Design and optimization of steel portal frames according to Eurocode using genetic algorithm. A Thesis Submitted in partial fulfilment of the Requirements of Lund Institute of Technology for the Degree of Master of Science. Sweden: Lund Institute of Technology. Goh, K. (2011). Analysis and design of pinned base portal frame to euro code 3. A Thesis Submitted in partial fulfilment of the Requirements of University of Technology Malaysia for the Degree of Master of Science. Malaysia: University of Technology Malaysia. Righiniotis, J. (2003). Plane Frame Analysis. In: Davison, B. and Owens, G. W. (Eds). Steel Designers’ Manual; The Steel Construction Institute; Blackwell Publishing. Low, G. (2011). Software Development for Plane Frame Analysis by using Matlab with Numerical Meshfree Method. A Thesis Submitted in Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements of University of Technology Malaysia for the Degree of Master of Science. Malaysia: University of Technology Malaysia. Michealis, M. (2010). Essentials of C# 4.0. Pearson Education, Inc., United State. Ming, C. (1972). Development of Computer Program for the Analysis of Gable Frame using Column Analogy. A Thesis Submitted in Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements of Brigham Young University for the Degree of Master of Science. Utah, United State: Brigham Young University Morris, L. J. and Plum, D. R. (1988). Structural Steelwork Design to BS 5950, Part 1, Longman Scientific & Technical. Petr, H., Matti, M. and Ludovic, F. (2010). Advanced design and optimization of steel portal frames. Journal of Structural Mechanics. Vol. 43, No 1, pp. 44-60. Ray, S. S. (1998). Structural Steelwork: Analysis and Design, Wiley-Blackwell. Salter, P., Malik, A., and King, C. (2004). Design of Single Span Steel Portal Frame to BS 5950-1:2000. The Steel Construction Institute, Berkshire. Sedgewick, R. and Wayne, K. (2011). Algorithms, Pearson Education, Inc., Boston, 4th Edition. Vasanthakumar, C., Ganesh, G. M. and Santhi, A. S. (2013). Structural Optimization of an Industrial Building Frame by Genetic Algorithm, International Journal of Engineering, Science and Technology, IJEST Vol. 5 No. 06S, pp. 7 – 12. Vu, A.-T. and Werner, F. (2009). Optimization of Steel Frame Structures Based on Differential Evolution Algorithm, International Conference on the Application of Computer Science and Mathematics in Architecture and Civil Engineering; Weimar, Germany.
  • 7. Civil and Environmental Research www.iiste.org ISSN 2224-5790 (Paper) ISSN 2225-0514 (Online) Vol.6, No.8, 2014 Table 1. Portal Frame with Varied Span (Column Height hc = 6m; Slope Angle =6º; Frame Spacing = 5m) Frame 1 2 3 4 Span (m) 30 40 50 60 Table 2. Portal Frame with Varied Slope Angle (Column Height hc = 6m; Span = 30m; Frame Spacing = 5m) Frame 1 2 3 4 Slope Angle (º) 6 8 10 12 Table 3. Portal Frame with Varied Frame Spacing (Column Height hc = 6m; Span = 30m; Slope Angle = 6º) Building (Length = 1 2 3 4 Frame Spacing (m) 2 4 6 8 158 Table 4. Portal Frame Loadings Load Contributor Sheetings Purlins Frame Services Total Dead Load Total Live Load Load (kN/m2) 0.04 0.07 0.11 0.28 0.5 0.6 Table 5. Comparison of Maximum Bending Moments in Each Frame at Varying Span Length Maximum Bending Moment (kNm) Span Length (m) Developed Algorithm MasterSeries % Difference 30 508.2 510.8 0.509 40 811.2 817.6 0.783 50 1276.1 1280.9 0.383 60 1864.7 1860.5 0.226 Table 6. Comparison of Area of section at Varying Span Length Area of section, cm2 Developed Code MasterSeries Span Length (m) Column Rafter Column Rafter 30 117 105 117 105 40 159 159 159 159 50 220 220 220 220 60 286 256 256 256 Table 7. Comparison of Maximum Bending Moments in Each Frame at Varying Slope Angle Maximum Bending Moment (kNm) Slope Angle (º) Developed Code MasterSeries % Difference 6 508.2 510.8 0.509 8 498.8 499 0.040 10 461.8 461.4 0.087 12 446.2 446.52 0.072 Table 8. Comparison of Area of Section at Varying Slope Angle Area of section, cm2 Developed Code MasterSeries Slope Angle (º) Column Rafter Column Rafter 6 117 105 117 105 8 117 105 117 105 10 105 104 104 104 12 105 104 104 104
  • 8. Civil and Environmental Research www.iiste.org ISSN 2224-5790 (Paper) ISSN 2225-0514 (Online) Vol.6, No.8, 2014 Table 9. Additional Details of the Pitched-roof Portal Frame Building Length of Building (L) 24m Slope Angle 6º Height of Roof 1.58m Rafter Length (Lr) 15.1m Number of Purlins (along Slope) 25 @ 1.2m interval Table 10. Comparison of Purlin Design Section Sizes at Varying Frame Spacing using Parallel Flange and Universal Beam Sections Section Designation Frame Spacing (m) Developed Program MasterSeries Section Name 2 150x75x18 150x75x18 Parallel Flange Channel 4 380x100x54 380x100x54 Parallel Flange Channel 6 457x191x98 533x210x92 Universal Beam 8 686x254x170 610x305x179 Universal Beam Table 11. Comparison of Purlin Design Section Sizes at Varying Frame Spacing using Universal Beam Sections only Section Designation Frame Spacing (m) Developed Algorithm MasterSeries Section Name 2 152x89x16 152x89x16 Universal Beam 4 356x171x57 356x171x57 Universal Beam 6 457x191x98 533x210x92 Universal Beam 8 686x254x170 610x305x179 Universal Beam Table 12. Variation of Mass of Structural Steel of a Fixed-feet Pitched-Roof Building using the Developed Program 159 Frame Spacing s (m) Number of frame nf =(L/s) Mass of Rafters MR (kg) Mass of Columns MC (kg) Mass of Frame MF = (MR+ MC) (kg) Mass of Purlin (MP) (kg) Mass of Structure (MS) = (MF + MP) (kg) 2 12 29,717 13,248 42,965 9,600 52,565 4 6 14,858 6,624 21,482 34,200 55,682 6 4 9,906 4,416 14,322 58,800 73,122 8 3 7,429 3,312 10,741 102,000 112,741 Table 13. Variation of Mass of Structural Steel of a Fixed-feet Pitched-roof Building using MasterSeries Frame Spacing s (m) Number of frame nf =(L/s) Mass of Rafter MR (kg) Mass of Column MC (kg) Mass of Frame MF = (MR+ MC) (kg) Mass of Purlin (MP) (kg) Mass of Structure (MS) = (MF + MP) (kg) 2 12 29,717 13,248 42,965 9,600 52,565 4 6 14,858 6,624 21,482 34,200 55,682 6 4 9,906 4,416 14,322 55,200 69,522 8 3 7,429 3,312 10,741 107,400 118,141
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