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This seminar will provide an overview of the design of long span steel roofs including a survey of recent long span structure types concept planning for long span roofs roof materials loading criteria including wind tunnel testing analysis.
The stakes are very high and very few structural engineering firms have the required technical chops and experience with this scale of roof.
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By general consensus longspan structures are at least 20 meters about 65 feet.
Generally long spans result in flexible column free internal spaces reduces substructure costs and time to erect the structure.
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Long span roofs can create flexible column free internal spaces and can reduce substructure costs and construction times.
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The experience collected in last decades identified structural typologies as space structures cable structures membrane structures and new under tension efficient materials.
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The advantage of long span buildings is that there is more space inside.
Long span roofs are generally defined as those that exceed 12 m in span.
The funicular structures include the parabolic arch tunnel vault and dome which act in pure compression and which have a rise to span ratio of 1.
Within these general forms of long span structure the materials used and labour required for assembly are an important constraint along with other economic factors.
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Longspan buildings are popular for sports arenas and other applications requiring maximum visibility and for bulk storage and retail uses requiring large clear area.
Long span structure s structures with span larger than 15 20 meters are regarded to as long span structures.
Long span structures true long span roof structures with spans over 300 to 1000 present tremendous design challenges and opportunities.
2 and the cable stayed roof the bicycle wheel and warped tension surfaces which act in pure tension.
They are commonly found in a wide range of building types such as factories warehouses agricultural buildings hangars large shops public halls gymnasiums and arenas.
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Long span roof are today widely applied for sport social industrial ecological and other activities.
More recently the addition of kinetic roof elements have further added to the allure of long span construction.
