A Review of the Development of Spatial Structures in China

Shen, S.Z.,Lan, T.T. Korean Association for Spatial Structures 2001 한국공간구조학회지 Vol.1 No.1

The development of contemporary spatial structures for long-span roofs in China was initiated in the 19505. Space trusses, reticulated shells and cable suspended structures have been developing rapidly since 1980s. Recently there has been a growing interest in tensile membrane structures. Comprehensive theoretical study has been carried out parallel to the engineering application, which provided necessary theoretical support to the development of different types of spatial structures.

Determination of Member Force Ratios for Self-equilibrium State of Multi-Layered Cable Dome Type Structures

김재열,Kim, Jae-Yeol Korean Association for Spatial Structures 2013 한국공간구조논문집 Vol.5 No.3

For each cable component in a cable dome structure, pre-tension is needed for stability of whole the structure. The summation of these pre-tension at each joint should be zero to achieve the self equilibrium structure. The first step in cable dome structure analysis is to find the ratio of pre-tension in each member which can produce a stable and structure on self-equilibrium. In this paper, a new method based on the basic principle of closed force polygon for equilibrium system is proposed for the determination of self-equilibrium mode of cable dome structure. A single layer cable dome and two multi layer type domes have been analyzed. The ratios of cable members are determined by the presented method, and check the validation of the results by numerical calculation.

Investigation and Numerical Analysis of Node Connectors in Free-Form Spatial Structures

Hwang, Kyung-Ju,Park, Don-U,Park, Sun-Woo,Knippers, Jan Korean Association for Spatial Structures 2007 한국공간구조논문집 Vol.7 No.3

The recent completions of free-form spatial structures provide us a very attractive form. To realize such an extraordinary shape, it is absolutely necessary that the connector systems have to be investigated the characteristics of the systems and analyzed with a practicable method. In this context, this research consists of not only literature research but also numerical analysis with selected connector systems, which was adopted in real free-form spatial structures. For numerical analysis, especially, finite element analysis (FEA) is performed with a various test parameter using a commercial program ANSYS. Consequently, the general characteristics of node connectors the moment-rotation-curves are presented by considering a large deformation effect as well as a multi-linear material properties.

Present State of Membrane Structures in Japan

Oda, Kenshi Korean Association for Spatial Structures 2002 한국공간구조학회지 Vol.2 No.2

Formerly, it was called a tent and now, it is called membrane structure. If saying a tent, it imagines the tent of Bedouin, Mongolia and North American Indian. It became clear from the excavated wall painting that have been covered with the retractable roof of the canvas on the auditorium at the amphitheater in Pompeii and became a topic. These tents were made of the animal skins or fabric woven with the flax plants, and these tents are still used. However, if saying membrane material at present, it says the one to have applied a coating resin to the textile. Because the base fabric of membrane material is a woven fabric, the relation between the stress and the strain is different to the direction of the weaving thread. Moreover, the tensile force must always occur in the membrane surface. From these reasons, because the membrane structure corresponds to the particular building material and the construction method about the Building Standard Law, it must be examined specially that the membrane structural building have the same or any more safety as the provisions which was set to the Building Standard Law. Therefore, the technical standards about the membrane structural building became indispensable. In the paper, the kinds of the membrane materials, which are used for the membrane structural buildings, and technical standards process of the creating for the membrane structure buildings are introduced. Lastly, some of the soccer stadiums for 2002 FIFA World Cup KOREA/JAPAN which be covered with the roof of the membrane structures are presented.

A FEW APPROACHES TO RATIONAL SPATIAL STRUCTURES

Kawaguchi, Mamoru Korean Association for Spatial Structures 2001 한국공간구조학회지 Vol.1 No.1

A structural system developed and named 'Pantadome system' by the author has been applied to six major spatial structures of various shapes and dimensions in different corners of the world. It is a structures system (not a construction method) incorporation a temporary 'kinematic mechanism' in it for a rational construction of domical structures. Nara Convention Hall has recently been constructed successful on the principle of Pantadome System. In the present paper raison d'etre, principle and newly applied examples of Panatadome System are presented.

Membrane Structures - Their Characteristics and Various Applications -

Kawaguchi, Mamoru Korean Association for Spatial Structures 2001 한국공간구조학회지 Vol.1 No.2

A few characteristics of membrane structures which the author thinks important for design are described on the basis of his experience in research and design of this kind of structures. Different in behaviors of air-supported and air-inflated structures are first explained for a better understanding of these structures. Attention is drawn to unfavorable behaviors of an air-beam when it is reinforced by diagonal members. The shallowest membrane structure which can be made as an airdome is pursued, and its application to a metal membrane dome is shown. Attempts which have been made by the author seeking for the possibility of membrane structures made of metal sheet, plastic film with and without reinforcement are described with realized examples. A 100m long jumbo carp is explained as an example of a flying membrane.

Comparison Between Performance of a Wireless MEMS Sensor and an ICP Sensor in Shaking Table Tests

마푼과나 시부시시웨,정영석,이종호,윤성원,Mapungwana, S.T.,Jung, Young-Seok,Lee, Jong-Ho,Yoon, Sung-Won Korean Association for Spatial Structures 2018 한국공간구조논문집 Vol.18 No.4

Wireless sensors are more favorable in measuring structural response compared to conventional sensors. This is because they are easier to use with no issues with cables and are considerably cheaper. There are several applications that can be used in recording and analyzing data from MEMS sensor installed on an iPhone. The Vibration App is one of the applications used and there has not been adequate research conducted in analyzing the performance of this App. This paper analyzed the performance of the Vibration App by comparing it with the performance of an ICP sensor. Results show that natural frequency results are more accurate (error less than 5%) in comparison to the amplitude results. This means that built- in MEMS sensor in smartphones are good at estimating natural frequency of structures. In addition, it was seen that the results became more accurate at higher frequencies (5.0Hz and 10.0Hz).

Development of New Detachable Connection for Glass Fiber Reinforced Polymer Considering of Short and Long-Term Behavior

Park, Don-U,Hwang, Kyung-Ju,Knippers, Jan Korean Association for Spatial Structures 2007 한국공간구조논문집 Vol.7 No.3

The appearance of many Glass Fiber Reinforced Plastic (GFRP) constructions look like ordinary steel construction, because GFRP has been imitated by the same way with the traditional steel's cross section as well as connection system. In terms of detachable connection, there was not enough appropriate option of GFRP connection, such as a traditional bolt connection for steel and wood structures. Most of all, from material characteristic of GFRP related to the deficient ductility, the shearstress principle of GFRP s not proper for the material property, which causes ineffective and not economic application of material. With this research problem, the innovative and detachable onnection system, which is more considered with appropriate material characteristic for FRP, is developed. Not only short time but also long time research with various connection variations is carried out.

An Improved Analysis Model for the Ultimate Behavior of Unbonded Prestressed Concrete

조태준,김명한,Cho, Taejun,Kim, Myeong-Han Korean Association for Spatial Structures 2017 한국공간구조논문집 Vol.17 No.4

An innovative analysis method is proposed in this paper for the determination of ultimate resistance of prestressed concrete beams. The proposed method can be applied to simply supported or continuous beams in a unified manner whether structure and external loads are symmetric or not. Through the iterative nonlinear strain compatibility solutions, this method can also be applied to the non-prismatic section/un-symmetrical composite structures under moving load. The conventional studies have used the failure criteria when the strain of concrete reaches 0.003. However compared with bonded case, the value of strain in the reinforcement is much smaller than bonded case, thus, unbonded prestressed cases show compressive failure mode. It is shown that the proposed method gives acceptable results within 5% error compared with the prior experimental results. It can be shown that the proposed method can reach the solution much faster than typical three-dimensional finite element analysis for the same problem. This method is applicable to the existing unbonded prestressed members where deterioration has occurred leading to the reduced ultimate resistance or safety. In all, the proposed procedure can be applied to the design and analysis of newly constructed structures, as well as the risk assessment of rehabilitated structures.

Multi-objective Optimization for Force Design of Tensegrity Structures

Ohsaki, Makoto,Zhang, Jingyao,Kim, Jae-Yeol Korean Association for Spatial Structures 2008 한국공간구조논문집 Vol.8 No.1

A multi-objective optimization approach is presented for force design of tensegrity structures. The geometry of the structure is given a priori. The design variables are the member forces, and the objective functions are the lowest eigenvalue of the tangent stiffness matrix that is to be maximized, and the deviation of the member forces from the target values that is to be minimized. The multi-objective programming problem is converted to a series of single-objective programming problems by using the constraint approach. A set of Pareto optimal solutions are generated for a tensegrity grid to demonstrate the validity of the proposed method. 텐세그리티 구조물의 설계를 위한 다목적 최적화 기법이 제시되었다. 구조물의 기하가 먼저 주어지며, 설계변수는 부재력이다. 목적함수는 최대 강성매트릭스에 대한 최저 고유치와 찾고자 하는 목표값으로부터 가장 근접하게 일치하는 부재력이다. 복수의 목적함수 문제가 구속조건을 도입하여 일련의 단일 목적함수 문제로 전환되었다. 본 논문의 타당성을 알아보기 위해 텐세그리티 그리드에 대한 최적해를 구해 보았다.