Comparative analysis between steel and armed concrete structures

Abstract

The execution of a building goes through several processes and stages in order to obtain the final result and with the construction of increasingly tall and slender buildings, the analysis of the structure becomes something of extreme importance for the safety, durability and good performance of a building. With civil construction in constant technological advances, several methods are presented to improve performance and project planning. Therefore, this article aims to present comparative methods of structural modeling and design in steel and reinforced concrete construction systems. Thus, the comparison between the two structural systems occurred with the aid of the Robot Structural Analysis 2020 and Revit 2020 software, two initial models were defined, namely, model I in reinforced concrete structure and model II in steel structure. For this assessment, the properties of the materials used, costs in relation to the materials, current standards and the agents that can influence the performance of the building, parameters such as global stability, displacement of elements and moments in the studied structural system were also considered. After processing both models, the results were analyzed and compared, demonstrating which of the methods is most viable and safe for execution.