Paper
A Proposal for the Classification of Structural Systems of Large Domes
- Authors:
- Ali Ehsani Farimani; Mohammad Reza Maghareh; Hosein Abhar
- Abstract
- During the ages, architects and engineers have tried to cover the wide spans without using the columns. To access this objective, they have used the different kinds of domes. The materials used in these structural systems include the weighty materials like stone and brick. Since The Industrial Revolution, the rapid progress in technology and finding new materials has caused to devise more kinds of structural systems, which were used for constructing the domes with wider spans. The goal of this article is to provide a proposal for the classification of structural systems of large domes, based on the Case Studies, and to specify the abilities of these systems. In order to this purpose, 50 Large Domes, which have been constructed between the years 1964-2009, are selected as Case Studies, in beginning. The criteria for selection are: First, Structures must have a clear span of 100m or greater. Second, the size of a clear span is taken to refer to the diameter of the largest horizontal circle that will completely fit inside the structure. Third, Structures must be fully covered, or capable of being fully covered. A few Small holes in the roof are permitted. Fourth, Structures must be multi curvature. Thereafter, the data of the domes inserted in a table and 17 structural systems have been specified. In this paper the methodology of the classification for this kind of structures has been presented and the results have been discussed and concluded in the end of the article.
- Keywords
- Large dome; Structural systems; Clear span
- StartPage
- 54
- EndPage
- 59
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