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The Institution of Structural Engineers The CONFERENCE SPONSORED BY THE INSTITUTION OF STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS and THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR SHELL AND SPATIAL STRUCTURES CONFERENCE ADVISORY BOARD Dr Michael Barnes, Dr E. Hinton, Professor L. M. Ortega, The City University, University College of Secretary IASS, London, U.K. Swansea, Madrid, University of Wales, Spain, Dr Jan Bobrowski, Swansea, U.K. Jan Bobrowski and Partners, Twickenharn, U.K. Dr M. N. Pavlovic, Professor M Kawaguchi, Imperial College of Science Department of Architecture, and Techology, Dr J. W. Butterworth, Hosei University, Department of Civil London, Tokyo, U.K. Engineering, Japan. The University of Auckland, New Zealand. Peter Rice, Ian Liddell, Ove Arup & Partners, Dr J. F. Dickie, Buro Happold, London, Simon Engineering Bath, U.K. U.K. Laboratories University of Manchester, Professor Z. S. Makowski, Manchester, U.K. Space Structures Research Dr B. H. V. Topping, Department of Civil Centre, Brian Foster, University of Surrey, Engineering, Ove Arup & Partners, Guildford, U.K. University of Edinburgh, London, U.K. U.K. Dr R. E. McConnel, Professor J. Francois Gabriel, Professor Y. Tsuboi, School of Architecture, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, U.K. Tsuboi Institute, Syracuse University, Tokyo, New York, U.S.A. Japan. Dr S. J. Medwadowski, Professor John S. Gero, Consulting Structural Department of Architectural Engineer, George Wemyss, Science, San Franciso, Geospace Designs, Ltd., University of Sydney, California, Edinburgh, Sydney, Australia. U.S.A. U.K. PROCEEDINGS of THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE on THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION of NON-CONVENTIONAL STRUCTURES Volume 1 Edited by B. H. V. TOPPING published by 10 Saxe-Coburg Place E dinbu rgh O Civil-Comp Limited British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data International Conference on the Design and Construction of Non-conventional Structures (1987 : London). Non-conventional structures : the proceedings of the International Conference on the Design and Construction of Non-conventional Structures. l. Structural design I. Title 11. Topping, B. H. V. 624.1'.771 TA658 ISBN 0-948749-07-5 ISBN 0-948749-08-3 V.l The International Conference on the Design and Construction of Non-Conventional Structures was held 8th-10th December, 1987 at The Institution of Civil Engineers London Printed in Scotland by MEIGLE PRINTERS Market Street, Galashiels CONTENTS Page I - ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN THE AESTHETICS OF NON-CONVENTIONAL STRUCTURES A. Holgate, BScEng (Lond), MICE, MIEAust., Department of Civil Engineering, Monash University, Victoria, Australia INSIDE OUTWARD STRUCTURES OR HOW TO ARRIVE AT HIGH-TECH Mick Eekhout, Octatube Space Structures, Delft, The Netherlands ...................................................... THE GAIA BUILDING SYSTEM (GBS) Peter Schmid, University Professor Mag. Arch. Engr., Architectural Completion Milieu Integration AM, Department Architecture & Urbanistics BAU, Faculty of Architecture & Building Sciences B, Eindhoven University of Technology TUE The Netherlands ..................................................................................................... I1 - PROFESSIONAL AND CONTRACTURAL ISSUES CONTRACTUAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR UNCONVENTIONAL STRUCTURES R. H. Webster, Buro Happold, Bath, England ............................................................. I11 - STEEL STRUCTURES SOLAR POWER PLANTS WITH METAL MEMBRANE CONCENTRATORS Jorg Schlaich and Rainer Benz, Schlaich und Partner, Consulting Engineers, Stuttgart, West Germany CABLE STAYED ROOFS FOR SHOPPING CENTRES AT NANTES AND EPONE P. R. Rice, J. A. Thornton and E. A. R. Lenczner, Ove Arup and Partners, London, England TOWARD THE DESIGN LIMIT OF STEEL SILOS Dr M. J. Blackler and Dr J. G. M. Wood, Mott Hay and Anderson, Consulting Engineers, Croydon, England ............................... STEEL PLATE SHEAR WALL DESIGNS R. G. Troy, Consulting Engineer, Conoga Park, California and Professor R. M. Richard, Department of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, The University of Arizona, Tucson, United States of America ....................... THE BIOCLIMATIC FACADES OF THE FRENCH NATIONAL MUSEUM OF SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY AND INDUSTRY AT LA VILLETTE, PARIS H. Bardsley and P. Rice, Ove Arup and Partners, London, England ........................................................................ STEEL FRAMED HYPERBOLIC PARABOLOID STRUCTURES Professor J. E. Gibson, DSc, FIStructE, FICE, CEng, Department of Civil Engineering, The City University, London, England COMPOSITE COLUMNS OF CONCENTRIC STEEL TUBES H. Shakir-Khalil, BSc(Eng), MSc, PhD, CEng, MIStructE, and S. Illouli, BSc, Civil Engineering Department, University of Manchester, England ........................................................................................... IV - CONCRETE STRUCTURES THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF A PRECAST HANGAR STRUCTURE Dr Gian Carlo Giuliani, Consulting Engineer, Milano, Italy .......................................... DESIGN OF REINFORCED CONCRETE STRUCTURES IN SALINE ENVIRONMENTS Jorge de Brito and F. A. Branco, CMEST, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal .......... PREFABRICATED ELEMENTS IN A HYDROPOWER STATION K. B. Davies and L. F. Hijna, Delta Marine Consultants, Gouda, The Netherlands ........................................... V - TIMBER STRUCTURES A SCHOOL FOR WOODLAND INDUSTRY - a study in the engineering use of green roundwood timber Professor Edmund Happold, Buro Happold & University of Bath, Michael Dickson and Ian Sutherland, Buro Happold, Bath, England ................... WIRE BINDING TECHNIQUE FOR BUILDING STRUCTURES OF ROUNDWOOD Pieter Huybers, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands .......................................................................................... NEW STRUCTURAL POSSIBILITIES IN COMPOSITE STRUCTURES OF TIMBER, STEEL AND PLASTICS Ole Vanggaard, Institute of Building Technology, The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen, Denmark ..................................... FORMFINDING AND DETERMINATION OF WORKING DRAWINGS FOR A HEALTH SPA IN BAD DURRHEIM (WEST GERMANY) L. Griindig and K. Linkwitz with J. Bahndorf, D. Strobel, Institute of Applications of Geodesy, University of Stuttgart, West Germany ........................................................... V1 - SPACE STRUCTURES: ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN Page SPACE FRAME VERSUS CONVENTIONAL ENVIRONMENTS: COMPARISON THROUGH ANALOGIES R. G. Satterwhite, Architect, Triangle Works, Seattle, Washington, United States of America .......................................................................................... POLYHEDRA IN ARCHITECTURE J. Francois Gabriel, School of Architecture, Syracuse University, New York, United States of America ......................................................... V11 - SPACE AND GRID STRUCTURES OVERALL BUCKLING OF SPACEDOMES M. Kashani and J. G. A. Croll, Department of Civil Engineering, University College, London, England ............................................... STEEL ROOF STRUCTURE: DOUBLE LAYERED SPACE GRID OF LENTOID SHAPE J. Dohnal MSc, F. Hoder, MSc, PhD and R. Russ, MSc, PhD, Chemoprojekt, The Engineering Design and Consulting Corporation, Brno, Czechoslovakia ........................................... V111 SHELL AND PLATE STRUCTUES THIN SHELL STRUCTURES USING INFLATED FORMS & TECHNIQUES Phillip J. Vittore, H. P. Domes Inc., Arlington Heights, Illinois, United States of America ............. RESPONSE OF ECHINODOMES TO ASYMMETRIC LOADING R. Royles, BSc(Eng), PhD, CEng, MICE, MIStructE, FBSSM, Department of Civil Engineering and Building Science, University of Edinburgh J. M. Llambias, BSc(Eng), PhD, Dynamics Division, National Nuclear Corporation Limited, Knutsford, England and K. M. El-Deeb, BSc(Eng), Department of Civil Engineering and Building Science, University of Edinburgh, Scotland ............................ THE ANALYSES OF LIQUID STORAGE TANK Huang Yih and Guo Renjun, Xian Institute of Metallurgy and Construction Engineering, Xian, Shensi, The People's Republic of China FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS OF HYPERBOLIC PARABOLOID SHELLS Dr A. B. Sabir and H. F. S. El-Erris, Department of Civil and Structural Engineering, University College, Cardiff, Wales ......................................................................................................... GEOMETRICALLY AND MATERIALLY NONLINEAR FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS OF SHELL STRUCTURES Dr A. J. Kent, Finite Element Analysis Ltd., Kingston Upon Thames, Surrey U.K. and Dr E. Hinton, Department of Civil Engineering, University College of Swansea, Singleton Park, Swansea, U.K. ................................................................................. FINITE ELEMENT AND PHYSICAL MODELLING OF A TRIANGULARLY FOLDED PLATE STRUCTURE M. Nkansah and G. Singh, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Leeds, England ....................................................................................................... IX - LATTICE SHELL STRUCTURES INVERTED LATTICE SHELL ROOF, TSIM SHA TSUI CULTURAL CENTRE, HONG KONG: DESIGN T. A. Ealey, MSc, DIC, MICE, MIStructE., Buro Happold and Ho-Happold, P. Kelly, MSc, MICE, MIStructE, and D. S. Wakefield, BSc, PhD, Buro Happold, Bath, England INVERTED LATTICE SHELL ROOF, TSIM SHA TSUI CULTURAL CENTRE, HONG KONG: CONSTRUCTION J. Morrison and M. 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