Elaboração de planilhas para auxiliar o pré-dimensionamento de estruturas de concreto em concepções de projetos arquitetônicos

Abstract

The pre-dimensioning consists an initial estimate of the dimension of the structural elements sections. The architect is responsible for accomplish architectural design in a way that provides the user an environment that meets their needs in terms of comfort and functionality. In addition,it also assists and correlates these needs with the behavior of structures. The engineer is the one who develops the structural calculation, evaluates these initial conceptions provided by the pre-dimensioning and determines, in a definitive way, the section of the structural elements. However, pre-dimensioning, in many cases, is not performed to meet both the architectural and engineering needs. This fact results in investments of resources to correct the interferences between the architectural project and the structural project. This work sought to collect information on assertive ways of performing a pre-dimensioning of structures and on the relationship between architectural and structural conceptions to elaborate didactic and effective electronic worksheets that help the professionals of the area to perform their compatibilizations through a pre-dimensioning effective. In this way, it was possible to do case studies with architecture plans of different functionalities to test the use of the worksheets in different occasions.