A Report on the Innovation of 1.5-Layer Space Frames
| Author(s): |
Pei-Shan Chen
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| Medium: | conference paper |
| Language(s): | English |
| Conference: | 35th Annual Symposium of IABSE / 52nd Annual Symposium of IASS / 6th International Conference on Space Structures: Taller, Longer, Lighter - Meeting growing demand with limited resources, London, United Kingdom, September 2011 |
| Published in: | IABSE-IASS 2011 London Symposium Report |
| Year: | 2011 |
| Abstract: |
The present paper introduces a new structural system, "1.5-Layer space frame", which is categorized as a type of space frame with unique geometrical and structural characteristics. A 1.5- Layer space frame is a bar-linked structure configured with one-layer of chords and diagonal members. Unlike a conventional double layer space frame, the 1.5-Layer space frame has no lower chords, or when it is oriented upside down, no upper chords. And unlike a single layer space frame, diagonal members are mounted onto the latticed surface and efficiently strengthen it so that the entire structure can be designed with pin joints and constructed in subtle curvatures or as a plane. |
| Keywords: |
structural system double layer space frame space frame spaceframe 1.5-layer space frame single layer space frame Qingming Shanghe Tu Hongqiao
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