Numerical examination of the replacement continuum model of space frames

Topic description:

Double-layer space frames are ideal for long-span roofs. These can be calculated without any problems with finite-element software, but specifying the geometry of large structures with many bars is time-consuming and laborious.

Flat space frames can also be examined as plates, but this requires knowing the rigidity characteristics of a continuous plate model, replacing the space frame. The latter is determined by the geometry and bar characteristics of the space frame and the replacement plate is not necessarily isotropic.

The aim of the research is to:

(a) Numerical verification of the characteristics of known analytically defined continuums of space frames.

(b) Numerical and analytical determination of the continuum characteristics of new types of space frames.

For whom it is recommended:

I recommend it to anyone interested in load-bearing structures and their numerical examination, and who likes programming or wants to learn it.