Project Case Study: Space Frame Roof Structure, Main Stadium, Shah Alam Sport Complex, Selangor, Malaysia
In the city of Shah Alam located just outside of Kuala Lumpur, the Shah Alam Sport Complex is built as a multi-use sports facility. The aim of this study is to discuss the management of...
Analysis and Design of a Double Layer Barrel Vault with a Large Span
The roof of coal storage in JiaXin Power Station is a double-layer barrel vault. This roof covers span of 103.5 M and a longitudinal span of 88.0 M. The height of this space truss is 3.5...
Structural Integrity of Space Trusses
Space trusses of the double layer grid configuration can experience rapid propagation of failure in the ultimate load condition and thus are potentially vulnerable to progressive collapse...
Optimization of Space Lattice Structures with Multimodal Frequency Constraints
The paper presents an optimization algorithm for the design of space trusses subjected to constant value constraint. The goal of the optimization is a structure of the highest multiple...
Optimal Design Conception of Grid Domes in Practice
In this paper, the optimal design conception of grid domes in practice is presented. The classical dome shell structures covering some irregular boundaries often seems not to be satisfied...
Explorations in Geodesic Forms
Geodesic forms constitute an important family of structural systems. The objective of the paper is to show how the concepts of a mathematical tool called formex algebra and its programming...
Collapse Behavior of Double-Layer Space Truss Grids with Member Buckling
The results of collapse tests of over twenty space truss grids with elastic buckling of members are reviewed. The space truss grids include three types, that is, square-on-square, square-on-diagonal...
Study on Mechanical Characteristics of Light-weight Complex Structure Composed of a Membrane and a Beam String Structure
This paper aims at studying a new type of Beam String Structure, in which a membrane is used as finishing material. This paper reports on the mechanical characteristics of this structure,...
Active Control of Axial Forces in Beam String Space Frames
The present work discusses a formulation for active control of axial forces of strings in beam string structures to dynamically and/or statically reduce the responses, and proves both...
Form Finding Numerical Methods for Tensegrity Systems
The rigidification of Tensegrity Systems is related to selfstress states which can be achieved only when geometrical and mechanical requirements are simultaneously satisfied. This paper...
Innovations in Major Suspension Bridge Design
Before the Tacoma disaster, the trend in bridge-building is on increasing slenderness. But since its occurrence, a high degree of aerodynamic stability is required. Presented are designs...
The Nature of Structural Morphology and Some Interdisciplinary Examples
Among members of IASS, the most common definition of Structural Morphology is the study of interaction between geometrical form and structural behavior. The most significant structural...
Tensegrity Structures: Filling the Gap Between Art and Science
Underlining the role of structuralism in contemporary architecture this paper addresses the application of structural morphology in the context of an educational experience. Focussing...
Space Frames and Polyhedra
Polyhedra are easy to build and they can be useful as architectural matrices. Relatively small polyhedra can be built as faceted structures; very large ones can be built with space frames....
A Quasicrystal for Denmark's Coast
The first true quasicrystal structure will have been built in the fall of 1993 at COAST (The Center for Art, Science, and Technology at the Danish Technical University). With 600 aluminum...
Hyper-Geodesic Structures: Excerpts from a Visual Catalog
A class of hyper-geodesic surface structures is presented. The surfaces of known polygons, polyhedra, plane and space tessellations, higher dimensional polytopes can be subdivided into...
Morphology of Reciprocal Frame Three-Dimensional Grillage Structures
This paper is an introduction to the morphology of structures using the Reciprocal Frame (also known as Mandala Dach in Germany) which is a patented three-dimensional beam grillage structural...
Integrated Research for Civil Infrastructure Systems: A Future Challenge
The paper presents a research program developed at NSF for the improvement and renewal of the nation's civil infrastructure systems. The proposed program is integrated, multi-disciplinary,...
Some Applications of Neural Networks in Structural Engineering
After a brief discussion of neural networks and their potential engineering applications, the author's on-going research in application of neural networks in structural engineering will...
Multimedia Implications to Structural Engineering
The usage of computer technologies have revolutionized the practice of structural engineering during the past thirty years. The advent of multimedia technologies within computer hardware...
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