Elaboração de um guia para o desenvolvimento de projetos de estruturas de pequeno porte com auxílio de planilhas eletrônicas.

Abstract

A structural design professional should be able to lay out the structure in a way that is convenient to the architectural design, make the calculations necessary to meet the ELU(Estado Limite último) and ELS(Estado Limite de Serviço),in addition to complying with the current, technical standards of locality in order to obtain an economically, technically and performanceally feasible project. During the graduation of the civil engineers, there are several disciplines that refer to the structural calculation and the attendance of the norms. However, at the end of the course,there is a difficulty of joining the learning to elaborate a complete project from the initial idea to its execution and habitation. Small buildings make up 90% of existing ones (Pinheiro, 2008). According to the technical material entitled "Prática recomendada para estruturas de edifícios de nível 1 - Estruturas de pequeno porte" , elaborated by IBRACON (Instituto Brasileiro do Concreto), it is possible to define the level 1 structures as small and to explain their list their features . These types of structures may have commercial function, such as a small mall or gallery with a few stores, and residential, such as a low-rise condominium or even a home. More recently, several structures of this size have been developed to meet a housing deficit in the Minha Casa Minha Vida,program, and this is another reason to propagate the methodology of designing this type of project as well as the normal ones necessary to legalize its use . Therefore, this work aims to create a methodology for the development of small projects with the aid of electronic spreadsheets in order to guide the professionals who work in this area during the elaboration of their works and obtaining projects that meet the standards It was concluded that the methodology and the worksheets facilitated and facilitated the design process and contributed to the rapid and efficient design of the case studies. In addition, the theoretical foundations brought much of the formulas and theories behind the worksheets,uniting concepts from several disciplines and facilitating access to information.