Joel Howard Goodman
BIETR CS: Folded-plate long-span roof structure June 3-2017
Roof structure configurations that form modular trough-spaces include folded-plates suitable for unglazed and glazed, fixed and tracking solar collectors, e.g., big interior CPCs, one-axis parabolic troughs, and Fresnel linear reflectors.
The top and bottom structurally extended platforms (dash lines)are top and bottom EW-line truss chords at the EW-line folded plate ends. Intermediate NS-line tension cables may be required.
References:
Wilby, C.B., Concrete Folded Plate Roofs, Arnold-Wiley Pub, 1998
Minneapolis-St.Paul International Airport in the article: Airport Architecture, Progressive Architecture magazine, April 1963.
BIETR CS: Folded-plate long-span roof structure June 3-2017
Roof structure configurations that form modular trough-spaces include folded-plates suitable for unglazed and glazed, fixed and tracking solar collectors, e.g., big interior CPCs, one-axis parabolic troughs, and Fresnel linear reflectors.
The top and bottom structurally extended platforms (dash lines)are top and bottom EW-line truss chords at the EW-line folded plate ends. Intermediate NS-line tension cables may be required.
References:
Wilby, C.B., Concrete Folded Plate Roofs, Arnold-Wiley Pub, 1998
Minneapolis-St.Paul International Airport in the article: Airport Architecture, Progressive Architecture magazine, April 1963.