PROPORTIONING METHOD FOR MEMBER SECTIONS OF SINGLE LAYER RETICULATED DOMES BASED ON SECOND-ORDER ELASTIC ANALYSIS

Abstract

The present study discusses a proportioning method for member sections of roller supproted single layer reticulated domes. The effects of additional bending moment caused by compressive stress is noticeable to decide the sectional properties of the members. Therefore, in this study, a proportioning method based on second-order elastic analysis is used. And the usefulness of this proportioning method is discussed and verified through elasto-plastic simulation for roller supported single layer reticulated domes.