Lan, T.T. “Space Frame Structures” Structural Engineering Handbook Ed. Chen Wai-Fah Boca Raton: CRC Press LLC, 1999 SpaceFrameStructures
13.1IntroductiontoSpaceFrameStructures GeneralIntroduction • DefinitionoftheSpaceFrame • Basic Concepts • AdvantagesofSpaceFrames • PreliminaryPlanning Guidelines 13.2DoubleLayerGrids TypesandGeometry • TypeChoosing • MethodofSupport • DesignParameters • CamberingandSlope • Methodsof Erection 13.3LatticedShells FormandLayer • BracedBarrelVaults • BracedDomes • Hy- perbolicParaboloidShells • IntersectionandCombination 13.4StructuralAnalysis DesignLoads • StaticAnalysis • EarthquakeResistance • Sta- bility TienT.Lan 13.5JointingSystems GeneralDescription • ProprietarySystem • BearingJoints DepartmentofCivilEngineering, ChineseAcademyof 13.6DefiningTerms BuildingResearch, References Beijing,China FurtherReading
13.1 IntroductiontoSpaceFrameStructures
13.1.1 GeneralIntroduction Agrowinginterestinspaceframestructureshasbeenwitnessedworldwideoverthelasthalfcentury. Thesearchfornewstructuralformstoaccommodatelargeunobstructedareashasalwaysbeen themainobjectiveofarchitectsandengineers.Withtheadventofnewbuildingtechniquesand constructionmaterials,spaceframesfrequentlyprovidetherightanswerandsatisfytherequirements forlightness,economy,andspeedyconstruction.Significantprogresshasbeenmadeintheprocess ofthedevelopmentofthespaceframe.Alargeamountoftheoreticalandexperimentalresearch programswascarriedoutbymanyuniversitiesandresearchinstitutionsinvariouscountries.Asa result,agreatdealofusefulinformationhasbeendisseminatedandfruitfulresultshavebeenput intopractice. Inthepastfewdecades,theproliferationofthespaceframewasmainlyduetoitsgreatstructural potentialandvisualbeauty.Newandimaginativeapplicationsofspaceframesarebeingdemonstrated inthetotalrangeofbuildingtypes,suchassportsarenas,exhibitionpavilions,assemblyhalls, transportationterminals,airplanehangars,workshops,andwarehouses.Theyhavebeenusednot onlyonlong-spanroofs,butalsoonmid-andshort-spanenclosuresasroofs,floors,exteriorwalls,