The master's thesis describes the design of a steel support structure for a silo used to store cement or ash. It presents the Eurocode standards that define the calculation methods for the loads acting on the silo and the analytical verification of the structure. A 3D model of the silo support was created, and a numerical analysis of the structure was carried out using Ansys. Among other results, the analysis showed a maximum displacement of 21 mm and a maximum von Mises stress of 288 MPa, both of which are below their respective limit values. Analytical calculations demonstrated that the design compressive stresses in the columns of the structure are lower than the design column (global) buckling resistance and the design plate (local) buckling resistance—specifically, 3.22 times lower for column buckling and 1.37 times lower for plate buckling.
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