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Tension Structures I

BRIDGES USED SINCE STONE AGE OLDEST BRIDGE IN YUNNAN PROVINCE DATES BACK TO 1470 AND IS NEARLY 75 METERS SPAN HAVING HAND FORGED IRON CHAIN PRIMITIVE ONES NOT SUITABLE FOR VEHICLES MODERN SUSPENSION HAS STIFFENED DECK THE CABLES RUN OVER TWO TOWERS AND ENDS ANCHO

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Tension Structures I

BRIDGES USED SINCE STONE AGE OLDEST BRIDGE IN YUNNAN PROVINCE DATES BACK TO 1470 AND IS NEARLY 75 METERS SPAN HAVING HAND FORGED IRON CHAIN PRIMITIVE ONES NOT SUITABLE FOR VEHICLES MODERN SUSPENSION HAS STIFFENED DECK THE CABLES RUN OVER TWO TOWERS AND ENDS ANCHO

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TENSION STRUCTURES I

BRIDGES BY
DR.A.R.SANTHAKUMAR & MR.R.SENTHIL

BRIDGES NEOLITHIC SUSPENSION


ALL STRESSES ARE CARRIED BY TENSION FOR CENTURIES NATIVES IN KASHMIR USED THE ROPE BRIDGE TENSION MEMBERS ARE THINER THAN COMPRESSION MEMBERS BECAUSE THEY CANNOT BUCKLE THESE ARE PRIMITIVE BRIDGES USED SINCE STONE AGE OLDEST BRIDGE IN YUNNAN PROVINCE DATES BACK TO 1470 AND IS NEARLY 75 METERS SPAN HAVING HAND FORGED IRON CHAIN

MODERN SUSPENSION BRIDGE


PRIMITIVE ONES NOT SUITABLE FOR VEHICLES MODERN BRIDGE HAS STIFFENED DECK THE CABLES RUN OVER TWO TOWERS AND ENDS ANCHORED IN ROCK FIRST BRIDGE BUILT IN USA 70· LONG IN 1801 ACROSS JACOBS CREEK IN PENNSYLVANIA OTHER BRIDGE USING CHAIN IS TELFORDS MENAI STRAIT BRIDGE IN NORTH WALES 16 CHAIN MADE OF 3M LONG WROUGHT IRON BARS

WIRE SUSPENSION BRIDGE

IN FRANCE IN 1830 UPTO 300· SPAN MODERN WIRE SUSPENSION BRIDGE IN USA ACROSS NIAGARA GORGE IN 1885 AND ANOTHER ONE THE OHIO RIVER AT CINCINATTI HAVING A SPAN 1867 1833 BROOKLYN BRIDGE NEWYORK 1869 - JOHN ROEBLING 1872 - WASHINGTON ROEBLING 1876 ² 1200 MILES OF WIRE

TA COMA NARROWS BRIDGE

1940 - THE BRIDGE THAT WENT TOO FAR SPAN ² 2800FT 39FT WIDE 8· DEEP STIFFENING PLATE GIRDER NOV 7, 1940 AT A WIND OF 42 MPH BRIDGE HEAVED UP WITH VERTICAL WAVES OF 30 FT DEEP AFTER VIBRATION FOR 3 HOURS THE SUSPENDERS BROKE AND THE BRIDGE FAILED

SUSPENDED RIBBON BRIDGE

THE TAOJIN SUSPENDED RIBBON BRIDGE 70 M SINGLE SPAN BORNE BY A SLENDER SUSPENDED RIBBON LOCATED IN COUNTRY ROAD IN DONGKON COUNTRY, HUNAM PROVINCE CHINA SHIOSAI BRIDGE IN SHIZUOKA PERFECTURE, JAPAN PRESTRESSED CONCRETE FOUR SPAN STRESS RIBBON BRIDGE 1200 KM LONG CYCLE PATH DORABARI BRIDGE BETWEEN GUNTUR AND GUNTAKAL OF SPAN 76.2 M (INDIA)(INDIA)1884

TENSION STRUCTURES II ROOF SYSTEMS

BY DR.A.R.SANTHAKUMAR MR.R .SENTHIL

INTODUCTION

1970 WORLD FAIR IN OSAKA US PAVILLION IN OSAKA INNOVATIVE AND CHEAP CABLE REINFORCED FABRIC WAS BORN CONSTRUCTION ADVANTAGE TENSION ROOF SYSTEM WITH COMPRESSION RING

LOUISIANA SUPER DOME


BUILT IN 1975 SPAN 204 M STEEL USED 120 KG/SQ.M THE WEIGHT OF SUPER DOME WAS NOT LESS HOWEVER COMPARED TO CONCRETE DOME OF CNIT PARIS THE WEIGHT ACHEIVED WAS NEARLYONE TENTH

PONTIAC SILVER DOME


SPAN 235 M AIR SUPPORTED MEMBRANE STEEL WEIGHT 15 KG/SQ.M CABLE SUPPORTED BICYCLE WHEEL ROOF A TYPICAL EXAMPLE OF NEW INNOVATION

TENSTAR DOME

PRESTRESSED TRUSS SYSTEM ISLAND OF COMPRESSION RESIDE IN A SEA OF TENSION 210 M SPAN SUNCOAST DOME

PENTADOME SYSTEM PRINCIPLE

FOLDABLE DURING ERECTION KINEMATIC MECHANISM 3D VERSION OF PENTAGRAPH THUS NAMED PENTADOME WORK OF PROF.KAWAGUCHI HOSEI UNIVERSITY KOGANEI TOKYO

EXAMPLES OF PENTADOME
WORLD MEMORIAL HALL KOBE 1985 SINGAPORE NATIONAL INDOOR STADIUM OF ROMBIC PLAN SANT JORDI SPORTS PLACE IN BARCELONA SUNDOME FUKUI NEAR SEA OF JAPAN NOVA CONVENTION HALL- NAMIHAYA HALLDOME SWIMMING COMPLEX

CONCLUSION
NEW ARCHITECTURAL THINKING NEW DESIGN CONCEPT NEW CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL NEW ANCHOR SYSTEMS CLIENTS ACCEPTANCE APPLICABLE TO SMALL STRUCTURES ALSO MOBILE BUILDINGS TEMPORARY STRUCTURES

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