ANALYSIS OF SHAPE AND SYSTEM FOR TENSION STRUCTURES BY USING SEQUENTIAL STRESS ADJASTMENT AND EXPERIMENTAL STUDY ON ITS VALIDITY

Abstract

An analytical method is proposed to find structural shape and initial stress of tension structures. Nodal coordinates and cable tensions are sequentially modified from the initial ones by operation of constraint conditions with respect to stress so that the tensions in the whole structure can remain within the specified range.
In order to examine validity of the solution and difficulty of construction, a structural model obtained from the present method was actually built and loading test was carried out.