Analysis of Overall Stability of a Suspended Dome Structure

Author

Jiang Zheng-Rong ; Chen Qing-Jun ; Shi Kai-Rong ; Kong Peng

Author_Institution

Sch. of Civil Eng. & Transp., South China Univ. of Technol., Guangzhou, China

fYear

2013

fDate

16-17 Jan. 2013

Firstpage

240

Lastpage

246

Abstract

The overall stability analysis of an elliptic paraboloid suspended dome structure of span 110m×80m and the corresponding single layer latticed shell conducted by ANSYS is investigated respectively by taking into account geometric nonlinearity, initial geometric imperfection and half-span distribution of live loads. The results show that the coefficient of stable bearing capacity of suspended dome increases by 100% compared with that of the corresponding single layer latticed shell under three kinds of load combinations, which fully reveals the advantages of suspended dome due to introducing the cable-strut system. The single layer latticed shell is more sensitive to the imperfection, and the unsymmetrical distribution of loads has little effect on the coefficient of these two structures.

Keywords

cables (mechanical); mechanical stability; structural engineering; ANSYS; bearing capacity stability coefficient; cable-strut system; elliptic paraboloid suspended dome structure; geometric imperfection; geometric nonlinearity; live-load half-span distribution; load combinations; overall stability analysis; single-layer latticed shell; Eigenvalues and eigenfunctions; Layout; Periodic structures; Power cables; Stability analysis; Steel; Structural rings; elliptic paraboloid; nonlinear buckling; single layer latticed shell; suspended dome;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Measuring Technology and Mechatronics Automation (ICMTMA), 2013 Fifth International Conference on

Conference_Location

Hong Kong

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-5652-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICMTMA.2013.64

Filename

6493713