A STUDY ON THE ULTIMATE LOAD BEARING CAPACITY OF CARBON FIBRE REINFORCED POLYMER TENSEGRITY SYSTEM IN A SUSPEN DOME

Civil Engineering Journal

IfeOlorunOlofin¹  Ronggui Liu¹ 

[1] Jiangsu University, Faculty of Civil Engineeringand Solid Mechanics,No 301 Xuefu Road ,Zhenjiang,China;

关键词: suspen dome;    steel cables;    tensegrity system;    carbon fibre reinforced polymer cables;    ultimate load bearing capacity;   

DOI  :  10.14311/CEJ.2019.04.0046

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Structuralstabilityisoneofthemajorfactorsconsideredforstructuraldesign.Theintegrityof carbon fiberreinforcedpolymerasatensegritysystemina suspendomeisinvestigatedby employingacomputationalmodelwithaspanof93m.ANSYSsoftwarewasemployedforthe investigation. The load-displacement curve of the structure was studied to understand the ultimate loadbearingcapacityincomparisonwithsteelcableusingNewton-Raphsonandarclength methods.Parameterssuchasnodaldisplacement,stressesonthesinglereticulatedlayerand internalforcesofthetensionmembersthatinfluencethestructuresintegritywereconsidered. Resultsshowthatdespitetheantistrophicnatureofcarbon fiberreinforcedpolymerit possessessimilar characteristics as steel cables.

【 授权许可】

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