Almost 1/3 are to be strengthened. Th SF is 15 years old.
Connections are in good conditions and by calculation we stil have about 20% to reach the maximum of resistance. The problem is, we have to strengthen it witout removing the roof and with the minimum of works and as faster as we can. A...
Aesur; Thanks a lot for these explanations! Great.
It's exactly what I was thinking to do in these nodes.
Today, the roof is still on scaffolding !! It's ugly to see inside a terminal.
What I'm working on it is to tight the wire ropes untill they start to pull up the truss and stop over there...
Thanks phamENG!!
As you can see on the section here,
We need two ropes a long the main truss!
And what about the added moment on the existing columns?
In my first proposal, the rope was fixed on the top of the RC column, passing through a polley which is fixed on the top chord and going down...
Thanks Teguci for your answer ;-)
It's a visible structure inside an airport and the client won't see the reinforcement...
Doing so, you are not going to create a moment on the top of the concrete columns??
Dear all,
I'm currently working on an old 3d steel truss in order to strengthen it. Du to resent renovation, the DLL became heavier and deflections appears on the roof.
The idea is how to strenghen this steel structure? I was proposing a solution with steel cables.
Can somone please help or...
