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Lecture 6

Applied Architectural Structures

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six

cables &

arches

lecture

Millennium Bridge in Newcastle, UK

APPLIED ACHITECTURAL STRUCTURES:

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS AND SYSTEMS

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DR. ANNE NICHOLS

FALL 2016


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Cables

• simple

• uses

– suspension bridges

– roof structures

– transmission lines

– guy wires, etc.

• have same tension all along

• can’t stand compression – struts do

http:// nisee.berkeley.edu/godden


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Cables

• use high-strength steel

• need

– towers

– anchors

– stiffeners (hangers)

• have spans & sag

• don’t want movement

– dynamic effects of wind

– resonance http:// nisee.berkeley.edu/godden


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Cables


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Cables

• equilibrium:

– not enough to solve, we have slopes

– X component the same everywhere

A

C

45 kN

4 m

2 m

B 6 m

45 kN


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Cable Loads

• straight line

between forces


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Cable Loads

• shape directly

related to the

distributed load

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• trig:

• parabolic (catenary)

– distributed uniform load

Tx= Tcos

Ty= Tsin

y = 4h(Lx – x2) / L2

𝐿𝑡𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 = 𝐿(1 + 3 8 ℎ2𝐿2 − 32

5 ℎ4𝐿4)

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Cable Loads

hy

x L


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Cables & Tension Elements

• typical cross sections

Multi-wire strand

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Cable Structures

• categories

– single drape

– double

• different curvature

• same plane or

different

• cases

– Brooklyn Bridge

– Dulles Terminal


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Brooklyn Bridge, Roebling 1883



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Brooklyn Bridge, Roebling 1883


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Dulles Terminal, Saarinen 1962


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Dulles Terminal, Saarinen 1962


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Cable-Stayed Structures

• diagonal cables support horizontal

spans

• typically symmetrical

• cases

– Patcenter

– Alamillo

Bridge


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Patcenter, Rogers 1986

www.columnbia.edu


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• dashes – cables pulling


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Alamillo Bridge, Calatrava 1992

http://en.structurae.de


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Alamillo Bridge, Calatrava 1992

• concrete “mast”

• parallel cable stays

• steel box beam spine in deck

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Free Ride Home – Kenneth Snelson

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Tensegrities

• 3D frame

• discontinuous struts

• continuous cables


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Olympic Gymnastics Stadium

• Geiger 1988

www.columnbia.edu


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Olympic Gymnastics Stadium

• Geiger 1988


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Florida Suncoast Dome, HOK 1989


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Florida Suncoast Dome, HOK 1989


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Georgia Dome, Stainback 1992


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Georgia Dome, Stainback 1992


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Arches

• curvilinear form

– efficient in compression

– minimal bending stress


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Arches

• ancient

– stone

– masonry

www.greatbuildings.com

Rainbow Bridge National Monument

Lions Gate


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Arches

• ancient

– stone

– masonry

Packhorse Bridge, UK

Roman Aquaducts


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Arches• terminology

– arch axis

– crown

– rise

– extrados

– intrados

– depth

– spring line

– span

– skewback

– soffit


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Arches

• behavior

– stabilization

– resist thrust

• materials

– stone

– masonry

– concrete

– laminated wood

– steel


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Arches

• behavior

– thrust related

to height to width


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Arches

• common forms

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Arches

• common variations

– two hinged

– three hinged – statically determinate


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Arches

• requires lateral bracing

– lateral ties

– diagonal ties



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Arches

• ... bracing

– lamellas


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Vaults



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Vaults

• Crypt of the Colonia Güell - Gaudi


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Domes

• arch of revolutionary design

• resists

compressive

forces


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Domes

• materials & forms

– concrete

– masonry

– steelPantheon


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Domes

• materials & forms

– concrete

– masonry

– steel

Union Station Rotunda, Pittsburg


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Domes

• stresses and displacements © Harvard GSD


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Domes

• Palazzetto dello Sport -Nervi

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