09-06-2010, 09:14 AM
Thank you for the answer both of you.
@toa: Wich application can use a carbon fibre polymers for members/joints? RSTAB, SAP?
Or even using a bamboo as a material for members? But are there also applications that can use a bamboo as a material.
@PanosP: I am now a little bit confused about the way space frames and thin concrete shell roofs are calculated. At the "Space structures" book there is a section about space frame calculations. And there says, that it can be done:
a) by calculating the space frame as a structure consisted of members - mesh
b) by calculating the space frame as continum - some kind of a thin concrete shell roof.
Now what is the difference between this b) method and the calculation of the thin concrete shell roofs?
I read somewhere that the problem at Space frame joints (the ones with less stiffness - for example the ones at two layer space grid) is in achiving this less stiffness of the joint - so that it can not bear a moment.
What kind of other investigation can be done related to this space frame design/dimensioning/improving
@toa: Wich application can use a carbon fibre polymers for members/joints? RSTAB, SAP?
Or even using a bamboo as a material for members? But are there also applications that can use a bamboo as a material.
@PanosP: I am now a little bit confused about the way space frames and thin concrete shell roofs are calculated. At the "Space structures" book there is a section about space frame calculations. And there says, that it can be done:
a) by calculating the space frame as a structure consisted of members - mesh
b) by calculating the space frame as continum - some kind of a thin concrete shell roof.
Now what is the difference between this b) method and the calculation of the thin concrete shell roofs?
I read somewhere that the problem at Space frame joints (the ones with less stiffness - for example the ones at two layer space grid) is in achiving this less stiffness of the joint - so that it can not bear a moment.
What kind of other investigation can be done related to this space frame design/dimensioning/improving