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Suspended
Anticlastic
Prof Schierle
Pneumatic
Trussed
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Stayed
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Patscenter Princeton
Architect: Richard Rogers
Engineer: Ove Arup
Stays resist both gravity load and wind uplift
Design alternates
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Prof Schierle
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Prof Schierle
Suspended
Prof Schierle
Tensile structures
Prof Schierle
Tensile structures
Prof Schierle
Stability issues:
1 Point load deformation
2 Wind deformation
3 Stabilizing cable to resist wind uplift
4 Dead load to resist wind uplift
(increases seismic load)
6 US pavilion Expo 57, Brussels
Circular compression ring resists
lateral thrust effectively
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Tensile structures
Prof Schierle
Diameter 400 ft
Outer concrete compression ring
Inner steel tension ring
Steel strands for main support
Concrete ribs resist unbalanced load
X-columns resist lateral seismic load
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Prof Schierle
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Anticlastic
Prof Schierle
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Minimal Surface
Tensile structures
f1/f2 = A/B
(Schierle, 1977 *)
Minimal surface equations (Schierle, 1977 *)
Y= f1(X/S1)(f1+f2)/f1 + X tan
Y= f2 (Z/S2)(f1+f2)/f2
* Published in
Journal of Optimization Theory and Application
Minimal surface vs. Hyperbolic Paraboloid
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Prof Schierle
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Anticlastic Surface
1 Opposing strings
stabilize a point in space
2 Several opposing strings
stabilize several points
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Anticlastic curvature
stabilizes a membrane
Membrane shear
causes wrinkles in fabric
Stress without wrinkles
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Tensile structures
Prof Schierle
HP-surface
Quadratic equation
Minimal surface
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Test model
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Prof Schierle
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Edge Conditions
1, 2 Edge Cable
3, 4 Edge Arch
5, 6 Edge Frame
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Prof Schierle
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Edge Cable
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Prof Schierle
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Edge Arch
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Prof Schierle
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Edge Frame
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Prof Schierle
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Surface Conditions
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Saddle shapes
Arch shapes
Wave shapes
Point shapes
Prof Schierle
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Saddle Shapes
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Prof Schierle
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Saddle Shapes
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Prof Schierle
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Expo 64 Lausanne
Architect: Saugey / Schierle
Engineer: Froadvaux et Weber
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Prof Schierle
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Arch Shapes
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Prof Schierle
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Arch Shapes
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Prof Schierle
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Wave Shapes
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Tensile structures
Ridge/valley cables,
cable edge
Ridge/valley cables,
beam edge
Ridge/valley beams,
beam edge
Ridge beam/valley cable
beam edge
Ridge/valley cables,
closed end
Ridge/valley cables,
circular plan
Prof Schierle
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Wave Shapes
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Prof Schierle
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Point Shapes
1 Mast punctures fabric
2 Radial cables
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Dish top
Eye cable
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9 Suspension cables
10 Supporting cables
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Prof Schierle
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Point Shapes
Sea World Africa USA
Architect: Schierle
Engineer: ASI
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Prof Schierle
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Design Process
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Prof Schierle
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Prof Schierle
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Erection
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Prof Schierle
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Details
Edge cable
Prestress turn buckle
Fabric holder webbing
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Prof Schierle
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Balance Forces
Balanced
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Unbalanced
Prof Schierle
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Balance Forces
Unbalanced
Tension ring
requires
costly
footings
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Prof Schierle
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Design metaphor:
Spider web over landscape
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Prof Schierle
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Masts at rear
Ring cable
Flying buttress
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Prof Schierle
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Tensile structures
edge cable
Prof Schierle
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Arena roof
Translucent skin below cable net:
Two layers of translucent fabric
4 thermal insulation between fabric
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Prof Schierle
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Swim arena
Point shape cable net (high and low points)
Translucent skin below net consists of:
Two layers of translucent fabric
4 thermal insulation between fabric
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Prof Schierle
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Cable details
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Prof Schierle
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Mast details
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Prof Schierle
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Pneumatic
Air Inflated
Fuji pavilion Osaka Expo 1970
Air Supported
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Prof Schierle
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Tensile structures
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Cable Truss
G G Schierle & UC Berkeley students
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Prof Schierle
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Cable trusses
1 Lintel trusses
2 Concave trusses
3 Lintel truss with compression braces
4 Lintel truss with compression struts
5 Concave truss with tension braces
6 Concave truss with tension struts
7 Concave/lintel truss with braces
8 Concave/lintel truss with struts
9 Gable truss with radial strut
10 Gable truss with center compression struts
11 Radial brace truss
12 Flat chord truss with compression struts
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Prof Schierle
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Auditorium Utica, NY
Architect: Gehron & Seltzer
Engineer: Lev Zetlin
Tensile structures
Prof Schierle
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Olympic pool
4 multipurpose gyms
Cable trusses, 120 span
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