Static and Dynamic Analyses of Long-Span Spatial Steel-Cable-Membrane Hybrid Structures

Withthedevelopmentofeconomyandtherequire mentofmunicipalconstruction ,long spanspatialstruc turesariseinthecitiesrapidly .Furthermore ,thespansofstructuresbecomelongerandlonger ,andthestruc turalsystemsbecomemoreandmorecomplex .Atthesametime,somecomplicatedcompositeorhybridstruc tures ,suchastensegritystructure1,2 ] ,cable membranestructure3,4 ] ,openablestructure5] ,stringstructure5] ,andinflatablestructure4 ] etc .,appearsuccessivelybyus ingthematerialsofsteel,cableandmembranesyntheti c…

Static and Dynamic Analyses of Long-Span Spatial Steel-Cable-Membrane Hybrid Structures

With the increment of the complexity of structural systems and the span of spatial structures, the interactions between parts of the structures, especially between some flexible substructures, become too complex to be analyzed clearly. In this paper, taking an actual gymnasium of a long-span spatial steel-cable-membrane hybrid structure as the calculation model, the static and dynamic analyses of the hybrid structures are performed by employing the global analysis of the whole hybrid structure and the substructural analysis of the truss arch substructure, the cable-membrane substructure, etc. In addition, the comparison of stresses and displacements of structural members in the global and substructural analyses is made. The numerical results show that serious errors exist in the substructural analysis of the hybrid structure, and the global analysis is necessary for the hybrid structure under the excitation of static loads and seismic loads.