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Tents, Cable Nets and Grid Shells

Form-finding with GSA

Structural

Geotechnical

Document Management

Sustainability

Crowd simulation

Oasys Customers

WHY FORM FINDING?Geometric Optimisation…

Sagrada Familia Colonia Güell

FORM-FINDING RESULTS

Tensile Structure Shapes

Prestress

• How you achieve prestress influences concept, analysis and detail

Importance of correct pre-stress

DYNAMIC RELAXATIONGsRelax Non-linear analysis

What is GsRelax?• A non-linear structure analysis program embedded in GSA

as a Solver (previously called – Fablon)

• It uses a non-linear solution method called DYNAMIC RELAXATION

• It specialises in doing: • Geometrically non-linear analysis

• Material non-linear analysis

• Non-linear buckling analysis

• Form-finding analysis

The model moves under the action of out of balance forces until it is in equilibrium

Equilibrium position:No out of balance force (‘residual’ ) - system ‘converged’

Unbalanced position: There is an out of balance force (‘residual’) which will generate an acceleration F=ma

oscillation

Dynamic Relaxation

Equilibrium position:maximum speed,zero acceleration,

Most unbalanced position:zero speed,acceleration in peak,

Dynamic relaxation is not a matrix method

1. F = mGSA applies a mass to each mode to enable the motion equations

2. DampingGSA applies damping to the system to prevent continuous oscillation

Original position

Balanced position

Original position

Balanced position

Geometrical non-linearity

Advantages of using GSA

• Automatic consideration of geometric non-linear effects

• No limit on type of structure analysed.For example:

• Rigid structures• Flexible structures• Fabric structures• Cable structures• Mechanisms

• Non-linear behaviour• Material non-linearity• Geometric non-linearity• Buckling

FORM FINDING

Form Finding

• Soap Film

• Force Density

• Normal Properties

Boundary Conditions

SOAP FILMForm Finding

Soap-film form finding

• The fabric will take up a shape similar to a soap film which fits with the boundary conditions.

• Curvature is achieved by changing boundaries and prestress

Spacers

• Stress = Constant

• Young’s modulus E = 0

Acceptable & Unacceptable Spacers

Spacer elements

Acceptable SPACER

Unacceptable SPACER

One SPACER

Spacer elements

Form-finding with Pressures

'Water Cube' bubbles

Conics

MOMA – Liquid Skies

SOAP FILMdemonstration

Soap Film summary

• Include ‘spacer’ elements to control nodes within the surface

• Define edge cable prestress in ‘1D soap film properties’

• Define fabric prestress in ‘2D soap filmproperties’

FORCE DENSITYForm Finding

Cable-nets

Force Density

• No spacers

• During the analysis:• 2D element stress is set to proportional to its area (= A*FD)• Bar element force is set to proportional to its length (= L*FD)

FD = 1 FD = 2 FD = 3 F =30

FD = 1 FD = 2 FD = 3

1030 15

15 1515

The Model

The Result

Cable nets

FORCE DENSITYdemonstration

Force Density summary

• No need for Spacer elements

• Define edge cable prestress in ‘Force Density 1D’ properties

• Define fabric prestress in ‘Force Density 2D’ properties

NORMAL PROPERTYForm Finding

Normal property form finding

• Does not use form finding propertiesUses element properties

• Differences in element stiffnesses effect shape

• Creates permanent large scale deflections

Compression Structures

Grid Shells

Shells

Roof lattices

NORMAL PROPERTYdemonstration

Normal Property summary

• No spacers or Form-finding properties

• Uses section properties and large loads to achieve permanent deflections

London 2012 Olympic Main StadiumLondon 2012 Olympic Main Stadium

Soap-film cable nets

London 2012 VelodromeLondon 2012 Velodrome

London 2012 Olympic Shooting GalleryLondon 2012 Olympic Shooting Gallery

Where next?

• Arup and GSA Suite users• Activate Form Finding in Preferences

• Other GSA users• Request GSA Suite trial

• Non-GSA users• Download trial from www.oasys-software.com/GSA• Request GSA Suite trial

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