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2. INTRODUCTION
LATTICE AND PORTAL FRAME BUILDINGS CONSIST OF A STRUCTURAL FRAME WHICH SUPPORTS SLAB, ROOF AND WALL
COVERING. THIS FRAME SERVES PURELY AS THE STRUCTURAL SUPPORT AND PROVIDES PROTECTION AGAINST WEATHER.
THE ROOF AND WALL COVERING ADD NOTHING TO THE STRENGTH THE RIGIDITY OF STRUCTURAL FRAME.
A SHELL STRUCTURE IS A THIN CURVED MEMBRANE OR SLAB USUALLY OF REINFORCED CONCRETE THAT FUNCTIONS
BOTH AS STRUCTURE AND COVERING.
THE TERM “SHELL” IS USED TO DESCRIBE THE STRUCTURES WHICH POSSESS STRENGHT AND RIGIDITY DUE TO ITS THIN,
NATURAL AND CURVED FORM SUCH AS SHELL OF EGG, A NUT, HUMAN SKULL, AND SHELL OF TORTISE.
SHELLS OCCURING IN NATURE
3. SINGLE OR DOUBLE CURVATURE SHELLS
SINGLE CURVATURE SHELL: ARE CURVED ON ONE LINEAR AXIS AND ARE A PART OF A CYLINDER OR CONE IN THE FORM OF
BARREL VAULTS AND CONOID SHELLS.
DOUBLE CURVATURE SHELL: ARE EITHER PART OF A SPHERE, OR A HYPERBOLOID OF REVOLUTION.
THE TERMS SINGLE CURVATURE AND DOUBLE CURVATURE DO NOT PROVIDE A PRECISE GEMOETRIC DISTINCTION
BETWEEN THE FORM OF SHELL BECAUSE A BARREL VAULT IS SINGLE CURVATURE BUT SO IS A DOME.
THE TERMS SINGLE AND DOULBE CURVATURE ARE USED TO DISTINGUISH THE COMPARITIVE RIGIDITY OF THE TWO
FORMS AND COMPLEXITY OF CENTRING NECESSARY TO CONSTRUCT THE SHELL FORM.
CONOID
DOME
BARREL VAULT
HYPERBOLOID
PARABOLOID
4. FORMS OF CURVATURE:
SURFACES OF REVOLUTION:
SURFACES OF REVOLUTION ARE GENERATED BY THE
REVOLUTION OF A PLANE CURVE, CALLED THE MERIDIONAL
CURVE,
ABOUT AN AXIS, CALLED THE AXIS OF REVOLUTION.
IN THE SPECIAL CASE OF CYLINDRICAL AND CONICAL
SURFACES, THE MERIDIONAL CURVE CONSISTS OF A LINE
SEGMENT.
E.G. : CYLINDERS, CONES,
SPHERICAL OR ELLIPTICAL DOMES,
HYPERBOLOIDS OF REVOLUTION, TOROIDS.
5. FORMS OF CURVATURE:
SURFACES OF TRANSLATION :
SURFACES OF TRANSLATION ARE GENERATED BY SLIDING A PLANE CURVE ALONG ANOTHER PLANE CURVE, WHILE
KEEPING THE ORIENTATION OF THE SLIDING CURVE CONSTANT.
THE LATTER CURVE, ON WHICH THE ORIGINAL CURVE SLIDES, IS CALLED THE GENERATOR OF THE SURFACE.
IN THE SPECIAL CASE IN WHICH THE GENERATOR IS A STRAIGHT LINE, THE RESULTING SURFACE IS CALLED A
CYLINDRICAL SURFACE.
SURFACES OF TRANSLATION WITH RECTANGULAR PLAN:
(A) ELLIPTIC PARABOLOID (B) CYLINDRICAL PARABOLOID (C) HYPERBOLIC PARABOLOID
6. FORMS OF CURVATURE:
SURFACES OF TRANSLATION :
IF TWO PARABOLAS ARE SIMILAR, THE SURFACE BECOMES A SURFACE OF REVOLUTION, CALLED PARABOLOID OF
REVOLUTION.
7. FORMS OF CURVATURE:
RULED SURFACES :
RULED SURFACES ARE GENERATED BY SLIDING EACH END OF A STRAIGHT LINE ON THEIR OWN GENERATING CURVE.
THESE LINES ARE NOT NECESSARILY AT RIGHT ANGLE TO THE PLANES CONTAINING THE END CURVES.
COOLING TOWER, GENERATED BY STRAIGHT
CONOID, GENERATED BY STRAIGHT LINE TRAVELING ALONG ANOTHER
LINES GOULD 1988
STRAIGHT LINE AT ONE END AND CURVED LINE AT OTHER END. JOEDICKE
1963
8. SHELLS
SINGLY CURVED
DOUBLY CURVED
(DEVELOPABLE SHELLS)
(NON DEVELOPABLE SHELLS)
SURFACES OF
REVOLUTION
CIRCULAR CYLINDER
(BARREL)
CONES
SURFACES OF
TRANSLATION/
RULED SURFACE
SYNCLASTIC
CIRCULAR OR
NON CIRCULAR CYLINDER
ANTYNCLASTIC
SURFACES OF
REVOLUTION
CONES
SURFACES OF
REVOLUTION
CIRCULAR DOMES
ELLIPSOID OF
REVOLUTION
PARABOLOIDS OF
REVOLUTION
SURFACES OF
TRANSLATION/
RULED SURFACE
ELLIPTIC
PARABOLOIDS
SURFACES OF
TRANSLATION/
RULED SURFACE
HYPERBOLOIDS OF
REVOLUTION OF
ONE SHEET
HYPERBOLIC
PARABOLOIDS
CONOIDS
PARABOLOIDS OF
REVOLUTION
HYPERBOLOIDS OF
REVOLUTION OF
ONE SHEET
9. FORMS OF CURVATURE:
DEVELOPABLE AND NONDEVELOPABLE SURFACES :
SURFACES WITH DOUBLE CURVATURE CANNOT BE DEVELOPED, WHILE THOSE WITH SINGLE CURVATURE CAN BE
DEVELOPED.
DEVELOPED
NONDEVELOPED
IN OTHER WORDS, SURFACES WITH POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE GAUSSIAN CURVATURE (I.E. SYNCLASTIC AND ANTICLASTIC
SURFACES) CANNOT BE DEVELOPED, WHILE THOSE WITH ZERO GAUSSIAN CURVATURE CAN BE DEVELOPED.
TYPES OF GAUSSIAN CURVATURE.
(A) POSITIVE GAUSSIAN
(B) ZERO GAUSSIAN
(C) NEGATIVE GAUSSIAN
10. FORMS OF CURVATURE:
DEVELOPABLE SURFACES (SINGLY CURVED) :
DEVELOPABLE SURFACE IS A SURFACE THAT CAN BE UNROLLED ONTO A FLAT PLANE WITHOUT TEARING OR STRETCHING
IT.
IT IS FORMED BY BENDING A FLAT PLANE, THE MOST TYPICAL SHAPE OF A DEVELOPABLE SHELL IS A BARREL, AND A
BARREL SHELL IS CURVED ONLY IN ONE DIRECTION.
BARREL :
ARCH ACTION & BEAM ACTION TOGETHER MAKE A BARREL.
THERE ARE MAINLY TWO TYPES OF BARREL :
- LONG BARRELS , ARCH ACTION IS PROMINENT
- SHORT BARRELS, BEAM ACTION IS PROMINENT
STRUCTURAL BEHAVIOR OF SHORT BARREL SHELLS:
THESE SHELLS ARE TYPICALLY SUPPORTED AT THE CORNERS
AND CAN BEHAVE IN ONE OR A COMBINATION OF THE
FOLLOWING WAYS:
STRUCTURAL BEHAVIOR OF LONG BARREL SHELLS:
THESE ARE TYPICALLY SUPPORTED AT THE CORNERS AND
BEHAVE STRUCTURALLY AS A LARGE BEAM.
11. FORMS OF CURVATURE:
NON-DEVELOPABLE SURFACES (DOUBLY CURVED) :
E.G., SPHERE OR HYPERBOLIC PARABOLOID.
THEY ARE MAINLY CLASSIFIED AS : 1) SYNCLASTIC 2) ANTICLASTIC
SYNCLASTIC SHELLS:
THESE SHELLS ARE DOUBLY CURVED
AND HAVE A SIMILAR CURVATURE IN EACH DIRECTION. E.G. DOMES
A DOME IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF A SYNCLASTIC SHELL, IT IS DOUBLY CURVED AND CAN BE FORMED BY ROTATING A
CURVED LINE AROUND AN AXIS.
A DOME CAN BE SPLIT UP INTO TWO DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS; VERTICAL SECTIONS SEPARATED BY LONGITUDINAL ARCH
LINES (ALSO CALLED MERIDIANS), AND HORIZONTAL SECTIONS SEPARATED BY HOOPS OR PARALLELS.
STRUCTURAL BEHAVIOR :
SIMILAR TO ARCHES UNDER A UNIFORM LOADING THE DOME IS UNDER COMPRESSION EVERYWHERE, AND THE STRESSES
ACT ALONG THE ARCH AND HOOP LINES.
12. FORMS OF CURVATURE:
NON-DEVELOPABLE SURFACES (DOUBLY CURVED) :
ANTICLASTIC SHELLS : ARE DOUBLY CURVED BUT EACH OF THE TWO CURVES HAVE
THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION TO THE OTHER. E.G. SADDLE POINTS.
ANTICLASTIC
CONOIDS, HYPERBOLIC PARABOLOID AND HYPERBOLOIDS ARE ALL CONSIDERED TO
THE ANTICLASTIC SHELL BECAUSE THEY ARE SADDLED SHAPE WITH DIFFERENT
CURVATURE IN EACH DIRECTION AND STRAIGHT LINES CAN BE DRAWN OF THE
SURFACE.
CONOID
CONOIDS: FORMED BY MOVING A ONE END OF A STRAIGHT LINE ALONG A CURVED
PATH AND THE OTHER ALONG A STRAIGHT PATH.
HYPERBOLOIDS: FORMED BY ROTATING A STRAIGHT LINE AROUND A VERTICAL AXIS.
HYPERBOLOID
PARABOLOID
13. FORMS OF CURVATURE:
NON-DEVELOPABLE SURFACES (DOUBLY CURVED) :
HYPERBOLIC PARABOLOID:
FORMED BY SWEEPING A CONVEX PARABOLA ALONG A CONCAVE
PARABOLA OR BY SWEEPING A STRAIGHT LINE OVER A STRAIGHT PATH AT
ONE END AND ANOTHER STRAIGHT PATH NOT PARALLEL TO THE FIRST.
STRUCTURAL BEHAVIORS:
DEPENDING ON THE SHAPE OF THE SHELL RELATIVE TO THE CURVATURE,
THERE WILL BE DIFFERENT STRESSES.
SHELL ROOFS, HAVE COMPRESSION STRESSES FOLLOWING THE CONVEX
CURVATURE AND THE TENSION STRESSES FOLLOW THE CONCAVE
CURVATURE.
14. FORMS OF CURVATURE:
TENSION TIE :
FIG. (A) REPRESENTS A DOUBLY CURVED SHELL WITH NO AXIS OF SYMMETRY,
SHOWS A SPHERICAL DOME SUPPORTED ON A WALL.
WHENEVER THE SHELLS ARE SUPPORTED VERTICALLY AT THEIR EDGES, A TENSION
TIE IS REQUIRED AROUND THE PERIMETER AT THE INTERSECTION OF THE DOME
AND THE WALL.
HOWEVER, IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE TIE WILL BE FUNICULAR FOR ANY
SHAPE OF EITHER THE PLAN OR
ELEVATION.
FIG. (B) THE SHELL HAS POSITIVE CURVATURE AND
CONTINUOUS VERTICAL SUPPORT.
15. FORMS OF CURVATURE:
TENSION TIE :
THE SUPPORT MAY BE A CONTINUOUS WALL OR STIFF BEAMS
BETWEEN ADEQUATELY SPACED COLUMNS. IT IS INTERESTING THAT
THE STRAIGHT PARTS OF THE TIE IN FIG. (C) DO NOT REQUIRE TIES
ACROSS THE BUILDING.
THE THRUSTS ARE TAKEN BY SHEAR FORCES THROUGH THE WIDTH
OF THE SHELL, AND ONLY TENSION FORCES EXIST IN THE TIE.
CYLINDRICAL SHELL COMBINED WITH SPHERICAL SHELL
16. TYPES OF SHELL STRUCTURES:
FOLDED PLATE SHELLS:
THE DISTINGUISHING FEATURE OF THE FOLDED PLATE IS THE EASE IN FORMING PLANE
SURFACES. A FOLDED PLATE MAY BE FORMED FOR ABOUT THE SAME COST AS A
HORIZONTAL SLAB AND HAS MUCH LESS STEEL AND CONCRETE FOR THE SAME SPANS.
THE PRINCIPLE COMPONENTS IN A FOLDED PLATE STRUCTURE CONSIST OF :
1) THE INCLINED PLATES
2) EDGE PLATES WHICH MUST BE USED TO STIFFEN THE WIDE PLATES
3) STIFFENERS TO CARRY THE LOADS TO THE SUPPORTS AND TO HOLD THE PLATES IN LINE
CANOPIES
4) COLUMNS TO SUPPORT THE STRUCTURE IN THE AIR.
FOLDED PLATE TRUSS
Z SHELL
TAPERED FOLDED PLATES
THREE SEGMENT FOLDED PLATE
17. TYPES OF SHELL STRUCTURES:
CYLINDRICAL BARREL VAULTS:
BARREL VAULTS ARE PERHAPS THE MOST USEFUL OF THE SHELL STRUCTURES BECAUSE THEY CAN SPAN UPT O 150 FEET
WITH A MINIMUM OF MATERIAL. THEY ARE VERY EFFICIENT STRUCTURES BECAUSE THE USE THE ARCH FORM TO REDUCE
STRESSES AND THICKNESSES IN THE TRANSVERSE DIRECTION.
CORRUGATED CURVES
UNSTIFFENED EDGES
MULTIPLE BARRELS OUTSIDE STIFFENERS
THE LAZY S
18. TYPES OF SHELL STRUCTURES:
DOMES OF REVOLUTION:
A DOME IS A SPACE STRUCTURE COVERING A MORE OR LESS
SQUARE OR CIRCULAR AREA. THE BEST KNOWN EXAMPLE IS
THE DOME OF REVOLUTION, AND IT IS ONE OF THE EARLIEST
SPHERE SEGMENT
OF THE SHELL STRUCTURES. EXCELLENT EXAMPLES ARE STILL
IN EXISTENCE THAT WERE BUILT IN ROMAN TIMES. THEY ARE
FORMED BY A SURFACE GENERATED BY A CURVE OF ANY
FORM REVOLVING ABOUT A VERTICAL LINE. THIS SURFACE
HAS DOUBLE CURVATURE AND THE RESULTING STRUCTURE
IS MUCH STIFFER AND STRONGER THAN A SINGLE CURVED
SURFACE, SUCH AS A CYLINDRICAL SHELL.
HALF SPHERE
DOMES - SQUARE IN PLAN
19. MOST SUITABLE MATERIAL
THE MATERIAL MOST SUITED FOR CONSTRUCTION OF SHELL STRUCTURE IS CONCRETE BECAUSE IT IS A HIGHLY PLASTIC
MATERIAL WHEN FIRST MIXED WITH WATER THAT CAN TAKE UP ANY SHAPE ON CENTERING OR INSIDE FORMWORK.
SMALL SECTIONS OF REINFORCING BARS CAN READILY BE BENT TO FOLLOW THE CURVATURE OF SHELLS.
ONCE THE CEMENT HAS SET AND THE CONCERETE HAS HARDENED THE R.C.C MEMBRANE OR SLAB ACTS AS A STRONG,
RIGID SHELL WHICH SERVES AS BOTH STRUCTURE AND COVERING TO THE BUILDING.
20. CENTERING OF SHELLS
CENTERING IS THE TERM USED TO DESCRIBE THE NECESSARY
TEMPORARY SUPPORT ON WHICH THE CURVED R.C.C SHELL
STRUCTURE IS CAST.
THE CENTERING OF A BARREL VAULT, WHICH IS PART OF A
CYLINDER WITH SAME CURVATURE ALONG ITS LENGTH; IS
LESS COMPLEX. THE CENTERING OF CONOID, DOME AND
HYPERBOLOID OF REVOLUTION IS MORE COMPLEX DUE TO
ADDITIONAL LABOUR AND WASTEFUL CUTTING OF
MATERIALS TO FORM SUPPORT FOR SHAPES THAT ARE NOT
OF UNIFORM LINEAR CURVATURE.
THE ATTRACTION OF SHELL STRUCTURES LIES IN THE
ELEGANT SIMPLICITY OF CURVED SHELL FORMS THAT UTILISE
THE NATURAL ATRENGTH AND STIFFNESS OF SHELL FORMS
WITH GREAT ECONOMY IN THE USE OF MATERIALS.
THE DISADVANTAGE OF SHELL STRUCTURE IS THEIR COST.
THE SHELL STRUCTURE IS MORE EXPENSIVE DUE TO
CONSIDERABLE LABOUR REQUIRED TO CONSTRUCT THE
CENTERING ON WHICH THE SHELL IS CAST.
21. CONSTRUCTION OF R.C.C BARREL VAULT
THE BARREL VAULT IS THE MOST STRAIGHT FORWARD
SINGLE CURVATURE SHELL CONSTRUCTION. IT IS THE PART
OF A CYLINDER OR BARREL WITH SAME CURVATUREALONG
ITS LENGTH.
ANY NUMBER OF CONTINUOUS BARRELS OR CONTINUOUS
SPANS ARE POSSIBLE EXCEPT THAT EVENTUALLY
PROVISION IS MADE FOR THE EXPANSION OF THE JOINTS
IN A LARGE STRUCTURES.
THE BARREL VAULTS ARE USED AS PARKING, MARKET
PLACE, ASSEMBLY HALL ,ETC.
TYPES OF BARREL VAULTS
1. SHORT SPAN BARREL VAULTS
2. LONG SPAN BARREL VAULTS
22. CONSTRUCTION OF R.C.C BARREL VAULT
SHORT SPAN BARREL VAULT
SHORT SPAN BARREL VAULTS ARE THOSE IN WHICH SPAN IS
SHORTER THAN ITS WIDTH. IT IS USED FOR THE WIDTH OF
THE ARCH RIBS BETWEEN WHICH THE BARREL VAULT SPAN.
LONG SPAN BARREL VAULT
LONG SPAN BARREL VAULTS ARE THOSE IN WHICH SPAN IS
LARGER THAN ITS WIDTH.
STRENGTH OF THE STRUCTURE LIES AT THE RIGHT ANGLES
TO THE CURVATURE TO THAT SPAN IS LONGITUDINAL TO
THE CURVATURE.
USUAL SPAN OF THE LONGITUDINAL BARREL VAULT IS
FROM 12-30 M WITH ITS WIDTH BEING ABOUT 1/2 THE SPAN
AND RISE IS 1/5 OF THE WIDTH.
TO COVER LARGER AREAS MULTIBAY ,MULTI SPAN ROOFS
CAN BE USED WHERE THE ROOF IS EXTENDED ACROSS THE
WIDTH OF THE VAULT AS A MULTIBAY .
23. CONSTRUCTION OF R.C.C BARREL VAULT:
STIFFENING BEAMS AND ARCHES:
UNDER LOCAL LOADS THE THIN SHELL OF THE BARREL
VAULT WILL TEND TO DISTORT AND LOSE SHAPE AND EVEN
COLLAPSE IF THE RESULTANT STRESSES WERE MORE. TO
STRENGTHEN THE SHELL AGAINST THIS POSSIBILITY,
STIFFENING BEAMS OR ARCHES ARE CAST INTEGRALLY
WITH THE SHELL.
THE COMMON PRACTICE IS TO PROVIDE A STIFFENING
MEMBER BETWEEN THE COLUMN SUPPORTING THE SHELL.
DOWNSTAND STIFFENING RCC BEAM IS MOST EFFICIENT
BECAUSE OF ITS DEPTH, BUT THIS INTERRUPTS THE LINE OF
SOFFIT OF VAULTS, FOR THIS UPSTAND STIFFENING BEAM
IS USED.
THE DISADVANTAGE OF UPSTAND BEAM IS THAT IT BREAKS
UP THE LINE OF ROOF AND NEED PROTECTIONS AGAINST
WEATHER.
24. CONSTRUCTION OF R.C.C BARREL VAULT:
EDGE AND VALLEY BEAMS:
DUE TO SELF WEIGHT AND IMPOSED LOAD THE THIN SHELL WILL TEND TO SPREAD AND ITS CURVATURE FLATTEN OUT. TO
RESIST THIS RCC EDGE BEAMS ARE CAST BETWEEN COLUMNS.
EDGE BEAMS MAY BE CAST AS DROPPED BEAMS OR UPSTAND BEAMS OR PARTIALLY AS BOTH. IN HOT CLIMATE THE
DROPPED BEAM IS USED WHEREAS IN TEMPERATE CLIMATE UPSTAND BEAM IS USED TO FORM DRAINAGE CHANNEL FOR
RAIN WATER.
IN MULTI-BAY STRUCTURES, SPREADING OF THE VAULTS IS LARGELY TRANSMITTED TO THE ADJACENT SHELLS, SO DOWN
STAND AND FEATHER VALLEY BEAM IS USED.
25. CONSTRUCTION OF R.C.C BARREL VAULT:
EXPANSION JOINTS:
THE CHANGE IN TEMPERATURE CAUSES THE
EXPANSION AND CONTRACTION IN CONCRETE
STRUCTURES, WHICH CAUSES THE STRUCTURES TO
DEFORM OR COLLAPSE.
TO LIMIT THIS CONTINUOUS EXPANSION JOINTS ARE
FORMED AT THE INTERVAL OF ABOUT 30M, ALONG THE
SPAN AND ACROSS THE WIDTH OF THE MULTI-BAY AND
MULTI-SPAN BARREL VAULT ROOFS. LONGITUDINAL
EXPANSION JOINTS ARE FORMED IN A UP STAND
VALLEY.
26. CONSTRUCTION OF R.C.C BARREL VAULT:
ROOF LIGHTS:
TOP LIGHT CAN BE PROVIDED BY DECK LIGHT FORMED IN THE CROWN OF VAULT OR BY DOME LIGHT. THE DECK LIGHT
CAN BE CONTINUOUS OR FORMED AS INDIVIDUAL LIGHTS.ROOF LIGHTS ARE FIXED TO AN UPSTAND CURB CAST
INTEGRALLY WITH THE SHELL.
ADVANTAGE OF THE SHELL IS THAT ITS CONCAVE SOFFIT REFELECTS AND HELPS TO DISPERSE LIGHT OVER AREA BELOW.
DISADVANTAGE IS THAT TOP LIGHT MAY CAUSE OVER HEATING AND GLARE.
ROOF COVERING:
SHELLS MAY BE COVERED WITH NON-FERROUS SHEET METAL, ASPHALT, BITUMEN FELT, A PLASTIC MEMBRANE OR A
LIQUID RUBBER BASE COATING.
ROOF INSULATION:
THE THIN SHELL OFFERS POOR RESISTANCE TO TRANSFER OF HEAT. THE NEED TO ADD SOME FORM OF INSULATING
LINING ADDS CONSIDERABLY TO COST OF SHELL.
THE MOST SATISFACTORY METHOD OF INSULATION IS TO SPREAD A LIGHT WEIGHT SCREED OVER THE SHELL.
DIFFICULTIES OF PROVIDING INSULATION AND MAINTING THE ELEGANCE OF CURVED SHAPE MAKES THESE STRUCTURES
LARGELY UNSUITED TO HEATED BUILDINGS IN TEMPERATE CLIMATE.
28. ADVANTAGES AND DIS-ADVANTAGES OF SHELLS:
ADVANTAGES:
1. VERY LIGHT FORM OF CONSTRUCTION. TO SPAN 30.0 M SHELL THICKNESS REQUIRED IS 60MM
2. DEAD LOAD CAN BE REDUCED ECONOMIZING FOUNDATION AND SUPPORTING SYSTEM
3. THEY FURTHER TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE FACT THAT ARCH SHAPES CAN SPAN LONGER
4. FLAT SHAPES BY CHOOSING CERTAIN ARCHED SHAPES
5. ESTHETICALLY IT LOOKS GOOD OVER OTHER FORMS OF CONSTRUCTION
DIS-ADVANTAGES:
1. SHUTTERING PROBLEM
2. GREATER ACCURACY IN FORMWORK IS REQUIRED
3. GOOD LABOUR AND SUPERVISION NECESSARY
4. RISE OF ROOF MAY BE A DISADVANTAGE
30. CASE STUDY- SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE:
SYSTEM SPANS AND EFFECTIVE SPANS:
THE SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE SPANS UP TO 164 FEET.
THE ARCHES ARE SUPPORTED BY OVER 350KM OF
TENSIONED STEEL CABLE.
THE SHELL THICKNESS GOES FROM 3 TO 4 INCHES.
ALL SHELLS WEIGHT A TOTAL OF 15 TONS.
THIS INVOLVED LAYING THE FOUNDATIONS AND BUILDING A PODIUM 82 FEET (25 M) ABOVE SEA LEVEL. MORE THAN
39,239 CUBIC FEET (30,000 M3) OF ROCK AND SOIL WERE REMOVED BY EXCAVATORS.
THE FOUNDATION WAS BUILT ATOP A LARGE ROCK THAT SAT IN SYDNEY HARBOUR. THE SECOND STAGE SAW THE BUILDING
OF THE SHELLS, THE PODIUM STRUCTURE, THE STAGE TOWER, AND THE NECESSARY MACHINERY.
CABLE BEAMS WERE BUILT AND REINFORCED BY STEEL CABLES TO RELEASE THE STRESS OF THE WEIGHT. THE STRENGTH OF
THE CABLES WAS TESTED BY LOADING ADDITIONAL WEIGHTS. WHEN THE BUILDERS WERE SATISFIED THAT THE CABLES
WOULD SUPPORT, THE BEAMS WERE MADE EXTENDABLE BY OTHER BEAMS.
31. CASE STUDY- SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE:
SYSTEM SPANS AND EFFECTIVE SPANS:
THE "SHELLS" WERE PERCEIVED AS A SERIES OFPARABOLAS SUPPORTED BY PRECAST CONCRETE RIBS. THE FORMWORK FOR
USING IN-SITU CONCRETE WOULD HAVE BEEN PROHIBITIVELY EXPENSIVE, BUT, BECAUSE THERE WAS NO REPETITION IN ANY
OF THE ROOF FORMS, THE CONSTRUCTION OF PRE-CAST CONCRETE FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL SECTION WOULD POSSIBLY HAVE
BEEN EVEN MORE EXPENSIVE.
THE DESIGN TEAM WENT THROUGH AT LEAST 12 ITERATIONS OF THE FORM OF THE SHELLS TRYING TO FIND AN
ECONOMICALLY ACCEPTABLE FORM (INCLUDING SCHEMES WITH PARABOLAS, CIRCULAR RIBS AND ELLIPSOIDS) BEFORE A
WORKABLE SOLUTION WAS COMPLETED. IN MID-1961, THE DESIGN TEAM FOUND A SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM: THE SHELLS
ALL BEING CREATED AS SECTIONS FROM A SPHERE. THIS SOLUTION ALLOWS ARCHES OF VARYING LENGTH TO BE CAST IN A
COMMON MOULD, AND A NUMBER OF ARCH SEGMENTS OF COMMON LENGTH TO BE PLACED ADJACENT TO ONE ANOTHER,
TO FORM A SPHERICAL SECTION.
33. CASE STUDY- SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE:
1. SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE STEEL REINFORCING
3. SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE ON COMPLETION OF PODIUM 2
2. SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE ON COMPLETION OF PODIUM 1
4. SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE SHELL RIBS
34. CASE STUDY- SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE:
FINISHES:
ACTUAL CLAY, BRICK, AND STONE VENEER
GRANITE OR MARBLE CLADDING
EXPOSED AGGREGATE FINISH
SAND BLASTED FINISH
FORM LINER PATTERNS
THE SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE USES WHITE GLAZED GRANITE TILES.
1,056,000 TILES WERE USED TO COVER THE MASSIVE STRUCTURE.