Lecture: Week 4

Example Structures -- Images

Zuaro & Torroja, sports hall, Madrid, Spain - shells beam

shell beam - cylindrical shells diagram

Felix Candela, Seguro Social Shell, Santa Fe, New Mexico

folded plate diagram

Alloz Aqueduct, Spain - shells beam - cross section

Alloz Aqueduct, Spain - shells beam

Britania Bridge, Wales - section

Britania Tubular, Wales

truss - weld example

beam - poor detail of bolted connections

beam - axonometric

steel reinforced beam - section

fitness center, Wolfsberg, Switzerland - beam structure example

plate girders - intermediate flow chart

beam - axonometric & section

web buckling in W38 steel beams - bearing sections

skeleton frame - reinforced concrete with steel flanges

skeleton frame construction

Sears Tower, Chicago, IL - skeleton frame construction

skeleton frame construction

Borden Building, Columbus, OH - skeleton frame construction

skeleton frame construction - W14 steel column

skeleton frame - reinforced bar unit

Hennebique system [1892] - skeleton frame/reinforced concrete

principle of reinforced concrete - beam diagram

reinforced concrete continuous member - beam diagram

Louis Kahn, Kimball Art Museum, Fort Worth, TX - post-tension deep beams

Louis Kahn, Kimball Art Museum, Forth Worth, TX [1972] - barrel vaults

Louis Kahn, Kimball Art Museum, Forth Worth, TX [1972] - roof section

Louis Kahn, Kimball Art Museum, Forth Worth, TX [1972] - exterior

Madrid Hippodrome, Madrid, Spain - freehand section drawing

Madrid Hippodrome, Madrid, Spain - shells beam

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