THE APPLICATION OF BUILDING INFORMATION MODELING IN STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS OF BUILDINGS IN EACH REGION OF THAILAND

Abstract

The purpose of this project is to study the use of Autodesk Robot Structural Analysis Professional in civil engineering to simulate models of a prototype school building according to OBEC standard by choosing a building in 3 sizes consisting of A = 350 m2, B = 650 m2 and C = 1350 m2 for the wind and seismic testing of the structure to compare changes in reinforced concrete structures of buildings in each region of Thailand. The structural analysis of each region has been taken to estimate the price of construction work to compare with the median price of reinforced steel workload and its cost. The whole buildings have been analyzed,however the pile and foundation parts are excluded.

The results showed that seismic forces had the greatest impact on lateral displacement of buildings located in the North region, while the wind had the greatest impact to buildings in the South. The portion of reinforced steel in the structure varies according to the intensity of wind and seismic forces. The North region had the greatest volume compared to others. The cost of reinforced concrete steel used in building A and B decreased significantly, however, that of building C is notably increase