How to design the structure of a photovoltaic shelter ?

The structural design according to the Eurocodes standards usually requires the use of a structural design office, which can generate significant costs from the preliminary project phase and a response time that can be long.

• the summary of the results of your design and the weight of the steel frames to establish your estimate,
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• dimensioned sketches for exchanges with your customers,
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• a pre-project loads distribution report and a layout plan to consult the masonry companies.
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Just fill out the form:

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Then run the calculations to get your results.
We can also provide you an additional service for certification of results before the execution phase and covered in France by a ten-year insurance.

• List of model nodes (coordinates in space and degrees of freedom),
• List of model members (associated with nodes, cross-section and boundary conditions),
• Mechanical characteristics of cross-sections and materials,
• Snow loads on the roof including the effect of elevation,
• Wind loads on the roof, on the members and friction on surface including the effects of terrain roughness in several directions, orography, directional factor, degrees of blockage under the canopy roof, structural factor c_sc_d,
• Effect due to continuity of purlins,
• Loading combinations according to EN 1990 for Ultimate Limit States (ULS) and Serviceability Limit States (SLS),
• Mechanical calculation (Normal forces, Shear forces, Bending moments, Nodes displacements, Local deflections) for each member at several subdivision points,
• Checkings of the members according to EN 1993-1-1 (tension, compression, shear, bending, several interactions between stresses including bi-axial bending),
• Resistances of members to instabilities according to EN 1993-1-1 (Classification of cross-sections with respect to local buckling, Critical factor α_cr, Flexural bucking, Torsional buckling, Lateral-torsional buckling taking into account the favorable effect of any tension, several interactions between stresses and buckling),
• Deflections of members (variable deflections and total deflections),
• Checkings of the connections according to EN 1993-1-8 (tension of the net cross-section at holes of fasteners, bolts, bearing, punching shear, plates as T-stub type, fracture of gussets, block tearing, punching crack, weldings),
• Loads distribution on foundations.