Structural Engineering & Design for High-Bay Warehouses

The warehouse has dimensions of L/W/H = 70/45/30 m and is designed using a “silo construction” method. The racking structure is clad with wall and roof panels, thus serving as both storage and supporting structure. This saves time and money. The computational model, comprising approximately 25,000 members, was created using Dlubal’s RSTAB, and the steel structure was modeled in Tekla software. From there, the nodes are exported to IDEA StatiCa software, dimensioned, optimized, and re-imported into Tekla. The assembly, erection, and single-part drawings are then derived from the Tekla model. “By optimizing the profile wall thickness of the pallet supports, several tons of steel could be saved,” says group leader Gregor Schwarz. All profiles lined up would almost cover the distance from Graz to Liebenfels!