Comparative Analysis of the Structural Dimensioning Of a Reservoir through a Computational Software and Manual Calculation

摘要

There is a tendency in the increase of investments in technology in civil construction. It is clearthe development of several areas, among them the structures. Currently there is a lot of discussion about thepositives and negatives points about manual calculation methods and computational tools, to what extent is thereinterference of the engineer in the design and analysis of a structural design by software. The objective of thisarticle was to perform a comparison between the two calculations methods cited in the elaboration of a structuraldesign of a high reservoir in reinforced concrete. This analysis was performed by determining its steel areas andby analyzing how the structure behaves in each adopted methodology. The results of the study showed greaterefficiency in the use of software because it takes into account countless variables that are not considered in themanual calculation. In the manual calculations, the model of calculation of the isolated elements is used,restricting its analysis to the element itself, without transmitting effects to the neighboring elements, which doesnot normally occur in a conventional structure. On the other hand, with a computational tool there is a greaterefficiency and precision in the results, including by the interaction of all the structural elements.