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Toni Kotnik, Professor of Design of Structures
ARK-A3001 Design of Structures_BasicsForm & Force
Toni KotnikProfessor of Design of Structures
Aalto UniversityDepartment of Architecture
Department of Civil Engineering
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ARK-A3001 Design of Structures_BasicsEquilibrium
Toni KotnikProfessor of Design of Structures
Aalto UniversityDepartment of Architecture
Department of Civil Engineering
Load cases
dead load
live load
environmental load
distributed load
point load
equilibrium
location plan
force plan
resultant force
lever principle
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Basic Operation with Forces
two forces can be addedinto one resulting force
F1
F2R
one force can be separated into two force
R F1
F2
Load cases
dead load
live load
environmental load
resultant force distribute forces to specific points
basic idea: building structure as a possibility to guideforces in space according to design interest
compress expand
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location plan force plan
F1
F2
distribute forces to specific points
R
R
F1
F2
R
F1
F2
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R
F1F2
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R
F1
F2
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R
F2
F1
F2
-F2
F2
the forces add up to zerothe line of action of the forces intersect in one point
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R
F1F2
F2
-F2
For a building structure to be in equlibrium means that every part of the structure is in equilibrium
each load is producing forces inside the material of the structure, so-called inner forces
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tensionforce pulling away from subsystem
Inner Force
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compressionforce pushing towards the subsystem
Inner Force
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R
F1F2
F2
-F2
each load is producing forces inside the material of the structure, so-called inner forces
tensionforce pulling away from subsystem
Inner Force
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R
Inner Force
location plan
force plan
F1
F2
R
F2y
F2x
F2
F2x
F2y
at 1
2
1
at 2
F1
F2
R
F2x
F2y
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single / double load
single / double deviation
uneven load condition
skewed load condition
Equilibriumcable
The form of a building structure is closely tight to the magnitude and direction of forces in the structure.
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R
location plan
force plan
S1
S2
R
Equilibriumcable
S2
S1
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R
location plan
force plan
2
R
Equilibriumcable
F1
F2
F1
F2
S2
S1
S1
S2
1
2
in equilibrium in equilibrium
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1
location plan
force plan
2
Equilibriumcable
F1
F2
F1
F2
S2
S1
S1
S2
1
2
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1
location plan
force plan
2
Equilibriumcable
F1
F2
F1
F2
S2
S1
S1
S2R
R
Step 1: construct R in force plan and location planStep 2: construct support forces S1 & S2
Step 3: construct inner forces in force planStep 4: use this inner forces to construct inflection pointsStep 5: use inflection points to construct cable
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the forces add up to zerothe line of action of the forces intersect in one point
( ∑x = 0 = ∑y ) ( ∑M = 0 )
Equilibriumcable
reciprocal relationship between form of cable and forces at support
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Equilibriumcable
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Equilibriumcable
Alvaro Siza: Expo-PavilionLisbon, Portugal, 1998
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Alvaro Siza: Expo-PavilionLisbon, Portugal, 1998
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Alvaro Siza: Expo-PavilionLisbon, Portugal, 1998
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Eero Saarinen: Dulles AirportWashington, USA, 1962
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Eero Saarinen: Dulles AirportWashington, USA, 1962
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Principle of Duality
cable
arch
only tension as inner foces
only compression as inner foces
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Toni Kotnik, Professor of Design of Structures
Principle of Duality
cable
arch
only tension as inner foces
only compression as inner foces
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Antoni Gaudi: hanging modelSagrada Familia, Barcelona, Spain
around 1889
Principle of Duality
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Antoni Gaudi: hanging modelSagrada Familia, Barcelona, Spain
around 1889
Principle of Duality
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Pneumatic Membrane Hanging Form Flow Form
Heinz Isler: New Shapes of ShellsIASS Conference, Madrid, 1955
Principle of Duality
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Heinz Isler: experimental setup for form-finding of hanging forms
Principle of Duality
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Heinz Isler: experimental setup for form-finding of hanging forms
Principle of Duality
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Heinz Isler: study of variations
Principle of Duality
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Heinz Isler: Wyss Garden CenterSolothurn, Switzerland, 1962
Principle of Duality
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Heinz Isler: GasstationDeitingen, Switzerland, 1968
Principle of Duality
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Heinz Isler: Sicli FactoryGeneva, Switzerland, 1969
Principle of Duality
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ARK-A3001 Design of Structures_BasicsForm & Force
Toni KotnikProfessor of Design of Structures
Aalto UniversityDepartment of Architecture
Department of Civil Engineering
Inner Forces
tension
compression
form & inner forces are coupled
inner forces act upon material
cable as tension-only structure
arch as compression-only structure
principle of duality
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Exercise 2.1
F1
F2
F3
Construct a cable (a) and an arch (b) as equilibrium solution for the given three forces F1, F2 and F3. How is the form changing if F1 is doubled?
location plan
