A Wind Tunnel Study of an Aeroelastic Model of the Florida Suncoast Dome

by D. A. Gasparini, Case Western Reserve Univ, Cleveland, United States,
P. C. Perdikaris, Case Western Reserve Univ, Cleveland, United States,
D. Ghiocel, Case Western Reserve Univ, Cleveland, United States,
G. Neiner, Case Western Reserve Univ, Cleveland, United States,



Document Type: Proceeding Paper

Part of: Structural Engineering in Natural Hazards Mitigation

Abstract:

Very large scale cable domes have been built using prestressed, high strength steel cable or strand, steel tube columns and a lightweight fiberglass skin. Geiger Engineers Florida Suncoast Dome is geometrically nonlinear and its behavior strongly depends on the level of prestressing. Because of its relative lightness, its prestrain-dependent behavior and geometric nonlinearity, a study of the dynamic behavior of the dome was performed. Specifically a 1

Subject Headings: Cables | Wind tunnel | Domes (structure) | Scale models | Steel columns | Mathematical models | Geometrics | Florida | United States

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