Hyperbolic structures : Shukhov's lattice towers- forerunners of modern lightweight construction / / Matthias Beckh

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910141916403321
• Autore: Beckh Matthias <1974->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: West Sussex, England : , : WILEY Blackwell : , : Edition DETAIL, , 2015; ©2015
• ISBN: 1-118-93269-2; 1-118-93270-6; 1-118-93271-4
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (155 p.)
• Disciplina: 624.1/773
• Soggetti: Hyperboloid structures; Structural frames - Design and construction; Lattice theory
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Introduction""; ""Current state of research""; ""Overview""; ""Building with hyperbolic lattice structures""; ""The development of building with iron in the 19th century""; ""The work of Vladimir G. Shukhov, pioneer of lightweight construction""; ""Outline biography""; ""Arched girders""; ""Lattice gridshells""; ""Suspended roofs""; ""The hyperbolic lattice towers of Vladimir G. Shukhov""; ""Patent No. 1896""; ""The tubular towers of Mannesmann""; ""Water towers""; ""Multistorey towers""; ""Hyperbolic structures after Shukhov""; ""Geometry and form of hyperbolic lattice structures""""Principles and classification""; ""Conic sections""; ""Second-order algebraic surfaces""; ""One-sheeted hyperboloid""; ""Geometry of hyperbolic lattice structures""; ""Fundamental relationships""; ""Position of coordinates""; ""Geometry of the frame mesh""; ""Structural analysis and calculation methods""; ""The problem of inextensional bending""; ""Principal structural behaviour""; ""Vertical load transfer""; ""Horizontal load transfer""; ""Influence of torsion""; ""Theoretical principles for determining ultimate load capacity""; ""Stress and stability failures""""Linear structural behaviour and stability analysis""; ""Non-linear structural behaviour and stability analysis""; ""Imperfections""; ""Parametric studies on differently meshed hyperboloids""; ""Intermediate rings at the intersection points (variant 1)""; ""Construction used by Vladimir G. Shukhov (variant 2)""; ""Reticulated shell (variant 3)""; ""Principles of the parametric studies""; ""Finite Element Analysis""; ""Modelling and member arrangement""; ""Load assumptions""; ""Choice of imperfections in determining the load capacity""; ""Calculation of load capacity""""Relationships between form and structural behaviour""; ""Comparison of circular cylindrical shells and hyperboloids of rotation""; ""Mesh variant 1: Intermediate rings at intersection points""; ""Influence of the rotation angle""; ""Mesh variant 2: Construction used by Vladimir G. Shukhov""; ""Influence of the rotation angle""; ""Influence of the rotation angle with flexurally stiff intermediate ring connections""; ""Influence of sizes of radii""; ""Influence of the number of vertical member pairs n""; ""Influence of the number of intermediate rings""; ""Influence of the stiffness of the intermediate rings""""Influence of multilayer construction""; ""Influence of an additional horizontal load""; ""Summary of the results from variant 2""; ""Mesh variant 3: Discretisation as reticulated shells""; ""Influence of the number of vertical members on the load capacity:""; ""Influence of the node stiffness on the load capacity""; ""Summary and comparison of the results""; ""Structural analysis of selected towers built by Vladimir G. Shukhov""; ""Water tower for the All-Russia Exhibition in Nizhny Novgorod (1896)""; ""Water tower in Mykolaiv (1907)""; ""Water tower in Tyumen (1908)""
• Sommario/riassunto: Dr. Ing. Matthias Beckh was a research assistant in the Department of Structural Engineering at the Technical University of Munich and currently works for Buro Happold in Munich and Berlin.