Structural Analysis and Design of Educational Research and Development Center in Birzeit
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2020
Authors
Mahmoud Ibrahim Daraghmeh
Mustafa Nedal Eleyan
Qais Mofeed Daraghmeh
Qusai Mahmoud Mahmoud
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Research and development have great significance and positive effects on the individual and
society, as it is considered the wheel of science, societies and universities have become
competing and showing off as much as they produce from research and development processes,
it expresses awareness in it.
This project will present a new redesign of the Educational Research and Development Center
structure which is affiliated with the Ministry of Education and Higher Education and funded
by Ministry of Finance and Planning. The structure is under construction to date. The structure
is located in Birzeit, Ramallah, and Palestine. The structure consists of five typical floors, roof
and basement and comes in the form of a L-shape. Its total area equal to 5093.40 m2. It was
built of reinforced concrete and. It consists of several facilities such as conference halls, offices,
stores, meeting rooms, bedrooms and cafeteria and other utilities.
The project contains sequence of analysis and design processes of the structure. The analysis
and design of the project will be performed on many loads, such as, static or gravity loads
(dead, superimposed dead, live and snow loads) and lateral loads (earth pressure, surcharge,
wind and seismic loads).
Project contains site investigations for the soil in the site. The structure will be modeled
analyzed and designed using ETABS software. And it will be checked and verified using many
codes such as ACI 318-19 and ASCE 7-16 for gravity and lateral load.
At first, preliminary dimensions calculated, values of the different types of loads according to
codes and the structure system selected according to ACI 318-19.Then the modeling of the
structure on ETABS 18 and did the checks of the model and the verifications for capacities of
structural elements, then the final design will be approval and schematic drawings will be
made. Thus, it will be safe, strong and serviceable