Strengthening a reticulated spherical dome against local instabilities

Journal of Constructional Steel Research

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 15-28

  Battista, Ronaldo C ^a   Pfeil, Michèle S ^a   Batista, Eduardo M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUCKLING; DOMES; ELASTICITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

LOCAL INSTABILITY; RESTRAINED CONNECTIONS; RETICULATED SPHERICAL DOMES; STRUCTURAL STRENGTHENING;

STEEL STRUCTURES;

EID: 0035149359     PISSN: 0143974X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0143-974X(00)00010-9     Document Type: Article

References (6)

1. Battista RC. Structural stability and safety analysis of the steel double-layer reticulated dome of a sport arena. Contract Report COPPETEC ET-150691, Rio de Janeiro, December 1996 (in Portuguese).
2. Battista RC, Batista EM. Experimental tests of a full scale substructure module of the steel double-layer reticulated dome of a sport arena. COPPETEC Report ET150699, Rio de Janeiro, 1996 (in Portuguese).
3. Battista RC, Pfeil MS, Carvalho EML, Batista EM. Upgrading and strengthening of a large spherical dome. XXVIII Jornadas Sul-Americanas de Engenharia Estrutural, São Carlos, SP, Brasil, September 1997 (in Portuguese).
4. Battista RC, Pfeil MS, Batista EM, Carvalho EML. Structural upgrading of a double-layer reticulated spherical dome. SSRC Annual Technical Session, Atlanta, September 1998, in press.
5. ABNT, NBR8800 - Projeto e execução de estruturas de aço de edifício. Associação Brasileira de Normas Técnicas, Rio de Janeiro, 1986.
6. Eurocode 3: Design of steel structures, Part 1.1: General rules and rules for buildings, ENV 1993-1-1, 1992.