Professional paper

https://doi.org/10.17559/TV-20140226220936

Steel frame versus rack supported warehouse structures

Rodoljub Vujanac ; University of Kragujevac, Faculty of Engineering, Sestre Janjic 6, 34000 Kragujevac, Serbia
Miroslav Živković ; University of Kragujevac, Faculty of Engineering, Sestre Janjic 6, 34000 Kragujevac, Serbia
Radovan Slavković ; University of Kragujevac, Faculty of Engineering, Sestre Janjic 6, 34000 Kragujevac, Serbia
Snežana Vulović ; University of Kragujevac, Faculty of Engineering, Sestre Janjic 6, 34000 Kragujevac, Serbia

Abstract

Steel frame buildings based on vertical steel columns and horizontal beams or lattice are the most common style for industrial and distribution warehouses. Depending on the use, these typical warehouses are equipped with various types of free standing racks. Construction of self-supporting pallet racking warehouse, as a special form of pre-fabricated building, consists mainly of the racking system elements supporting the roof and walls, and also serves to storage materials. All elements are made of structural thin-walled steel profiles that provide the necessary lightness and low cost of construction. In this paper two systems of warehouse buildings are presented. Two structural designs are analysed and compared in terms of their construction process, technical feasibility with storage capacity, time advantage, economic viability and flexibility of usage.

Keywords

pallet racking; rack supported structure; steel frame structure; structure comparison; warehouse

Hrčak ID:

185457

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/185457

Publication date:

31.7.2017.

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