COMPARISONS BETWEEN R.C.C AND STEEL HOPPER DESIGNS

In this paper a 3-D model of Hopper has been developed in Staad Pro to analyze the behavior of reinforced concrete & steel Hopper structure under all probable loads. This paper explain briefly also the effect of wind or earthquake loads on the structures for the comparative study between wind and earthquake effects on RCC framed & steel framed Hopper structure. Importance factor of building and finally soil factor were talking into considerations and there effects on the performance of structure were discussed. Our purpose is to analyze & design both the structure & study the effect on foundation & as well as the effect on costing of material for construction purpose. The model has been designed for a capacity of 40 cubic meter Hopper whose bottom part is conical.