Lecture: Week 3

Example Structures -- Images

cable stayed wire strand & wire rope - cross section

general tension member - elevation

general tension member - detail

general tension member - detail

general tension member - detail

general tension member - detail

Louis Wintergast, Bridge over Rhine, Germany [1968] - cable-stayed example

Sports Center Stadium, London, England - cable-stayed example

John Stadium, Marl, Germany - cable-stayed example

wire strand roof - support system detail

Maissif Central Bridge - steel suspension

Maissif Central Bridge - suspension detail

Richard Rogers, PAT Center - exterior view

Richard Rogers, PAT Center - exterior view

Richard Rogers, PAT Center - exterior view

40th Street Bridge, Philadelphia, PA - cable-stayed example

N. Bonn Rhine Bridge, Germany - cable-stayed example

general bridge - cable-stayed example

Chaco-Corrientes Bridge, Argentina - cable-stayed example

Marcaibo Bridge, Venezuela - cable-stayed example

Speyer Rhine Bridge, Dusseldorf, Germany - cable-stayed example

Santiago Calatrava, Alamillo Bridge, Seville World's Fair [1992]

Santiago Calatrava, Alamillo Bridge, Seville World's Fair [1992] - free body diagram

construction of stadium - tensegrity

computer drawing of dome -tensegrity

general stadium - interior view

general stadium - model

Dutert, Galerie des Machines, Paris, France [1889] - connection detail

tension members - finger joint detail

tension members - concentration diagram

tension member end joints - finger joint, scarf joint, butt joint