LONG SPAN

STRUCTURES

PRESENTED BY
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LONG SPAN STRUCTURES
AND ITS IMPORTANCE
ALong span roof are today widely applied for sport, social,
industrial, ecological and other activities. The experience
collected in last decades identified structural typologies as
space structures, cable structures, membrane structures
and new - under tension - efficient materials which
combination deals with lightweight structural systems, as
the state of art on long span structural design. In order to
increase the reliability assessment of wide span structural
systems a knowledge based synthetic conceptual design
approach is recommended. Theoretical and experimental
in scale analysis, combined with a monitoring control of
the subsequent performance of the structural system, can
calibrate mathematical modelling and evaluate long term
sufficiency of design.
IMPORTANCE OF LONG SPAN
FOR ARCHITECTURE
The advantage of long-span buildings
is that there is more space inside.
Long span buildings are popular for
sports arenas and other applications
requiring maximum visibility, and for
bulk storage and retail uses requiring
large clear area.
Professional Design and Installation
Due to the nature of long span
construction, the construction
materials including framing members
and trusses are oversized and
require special care for installation.
Long span structures may need
bracing during craning and
construction to keep the materials
true. Before constructing a long span
structure, make sure the contractor
and building installation crews have
experience working with buildings of
similar size.
 TYPES OF LONG SPANS USED
Long span structures are today widely applied mainly for sport buildings as:
− Stadia
− Sport halls
− Olympic swimming pools
− Ice tracks and skating rinks
− Indoor athletics
The state of the art trend on widespan enclosures: the lightweight structure
- from compression to tension. According to the state of the art, the more
frequently typologies and materials used for wide span enclosures are:
Space structures
− single layer grids
− double and multi layer grids
− single and double curvature space frames
[1] Cable structures
− cable stayed roofs
− suspended roofs
− cable trusses
− singleand multilayer nets Membrane structures
− prestressed anticlastic membranes
− pneumatic membranes Hybrid structures
− tensegrity systems
− beam-cable systems Convertible roofs
− overlapping sliding system
− pivoted system
− folding system