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The Development of a Eurocode "Tensile Membrane Structures"

The Development of a Eurocode "Tensile Membrane Structures"
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Presented at IABSE Symposium: Engineering for Progress, Nature and People, Madrid, Spain, 3-5 September 2014, published in , pp. 1572-1578
DOI: 10.2749/222137814814068076
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Up to now, no comprehensive design standard for tensile membrane structures exists either on national or European level. Currently, the development for a European design standard for tensile membr...
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Author(s):



Medium: conference paper
Language(s): English
Conference: IABSE Symposium: Engineering for Progress, Nature and People, Madrid, Spain, 3-5 September 2014
Published in:
Page(s): 1572-1578 Total no. of pages: 7
Page(s): 1572-1578
Total no. of pages: 7
Year: 2014
DOI: 10.2749/222137814814068076
Abstract:

Up to now, no comprehensive design standard for tensile membrane structures exists either on national or European level. Currently, the development for a European design standard for tensile membrane structures made from technical textiles and foils is under way, based on the principles of EN 1990 “Basis of Design”. The work aims to establish a Eurocode “Tensile Membrane Structures”, that covers the design of pneumatically and mechanically prestressed technical textiles and foils. The paper gives background information on the requirements for a new Eurocode, the structure of the current draft standard, the state of the development with regard to the content, and it gives a “road map” to reach the objective: it explains the upcoming steps on European and national levels, points out fundaments still to be established and necessary research work still to be conducted in order to come to a comprehensive and widely accepted design standard.

Keywords:
tensile membrane structures standardisation Structural Eurocodes