Roof Structures using Cables

[Jonathan Monge Cubillo]

Hi everyone:

I'm struggling with the design of a green roof made with cables (or a doubly curved cable net). Specifically with the analysis.
It's a complex structure using cables with double curvature similar to the Sydney's Aurora Place (see image)

Does anyone know a software or approximate method I can use to determine the design tension?

JMC,

 

[dik]

I had done a proposal about 45 years ago using a cable structure. There was a lot of analytical information at the time; it was trendy. Fellow that had been involved mostly was Frei Otto... Even US Cable had a design manual. You may start there for some background.

Dik

 

[Lomarandil]

Yes, it's been sitting on my pile of "I'll get to it someday", but I picked up the USS "Design Fundamentals of Cable Roof Structures" for a few bucks

http://www.biblio.com/book/design-fundamentals-cable-roof-structures-scalzi/d/952025584

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The name is a long story -- just call me Lo.

 

[dik]

Yup... was USS...
Thanks, Dik

 

[Guest262653]

I stumbled upon the following software developer a few months ago when looking for tensile structures:
[URL unfurl="true"]http://www.ixray-ltd.com/[/url]

I think that Oasys GSA also has some tensile surface analysis features:
Oasys GSA