Cable dome structure using continuous ridge cables

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12234640-B2
Application number	US-202418673327-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 24, 2024
Priority date	Apr 11, 2022
Publication date	Feb 25, 2025
Grant date	Feb 25, 2025

Abstract

Disclosed in the present invention is a cable dome structure using continuous ridge cables. A structure system includes n same plane trusses which are distributed in the radial direction and each consist of continuous cables and rods, the plane trusses being connected by means of k−1 circles of hoop cables to form a stable whole. The cable dome structure consists of ridge cables, hoop cables and pressing rods. Each ridge cable starts from a lower joint of a pressing rod and sequentially passes through upper joints of outer side pressing rods, and all the ridge cables converge on a support joint. The ridge cables have overlaps. Upper joints of the pressing rods and inner side adjacent cables are fixedly connected, and lower joints of the pressing rods and the hoop cables are fixedly connected, the cables slidably passing through the joints.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A cable dome structure with continuous ridge cables, wherein the cable dome structure consists of n cable-rod plane trusses with continuous ridge cables as structural members distributed along a radial direction, and wherein a pressing rod at a center of the cable dome structure is shared by all cable-rod planes, and all cable-rod plane trusses are connected into a stable whole by k−1 circles of hoop cables; each cable-rod plane truss consists of k pressing rods, k+1 cables and one support joint; upper joints of the pressing rods are u 1 , u 2 , . . . , u k , respectively, from inside to outside, lower joints of the pressing rods are d 1 , d 2 , . . . , d k , respectively, from inside to outside, and the support joint is s, which is located at an outermost side of the cable-rod planes; a first ridge cable starts from u 1 , connects u 2 , . . . , u k successively, and connects to a support joint s at last; a t th ridge cable starts from d t-1 , connects u t , . . . , u k successively, and connects to the support joint s at last, wherein t=2,3, . . . , k; a (k+1)th ridge cable connects points d k and s; each circle of hoop cables is a regular n-polygon, which connects the lower joints of the pressing rods at a same position in n cable-rod planes, wherein the hoop cables from inside to outside are a first hoop cable, a second hoop cable, . . . , a (k−1) th hoop cable, respectively;
wherein in connections between pressing rod joints and the continuous ridge cables of the cable dome structure, a connection between a joint u i and an i th (i=1,2, . . . , k) ridge cable is a fixed connection, and a connection between a joint d 1 and an (i−1) th (i=2, . . . , k) hoop cable is a fixed connection; connections between remaining continuous ridge cables and the upper joints of the pressing rods are not fixed, the remaining continuous ridge cables cannot slide through the upper joints in a fixed connection mode, and the remaining continuous ridge cables pass through the upper joints in a non-fixed connection mode to form slideable connections, in such a manner that a deformation between adjacent cable segments is transferred to each other, and internal forces between the adjacent cable segments changes uniformly; and
wherein an equilibrium state of the cable dome structure is determined under a condition that a cable force and a rod length are given, in response to a fact that the cable dome structure is in an initial equilibrium state with only self-weight, prestresses of all continuous ridge cables are the same, and prestresses of all hoop cables are the same; and an initial shape of the cable dome structure is capable of being changed by altering a prestress ratio of the hoop cables to the continuous ridge cables.

2. The cable dome structure with continuous ridge cables according to claim 1 , wherein in each cable-rod plane truss, the continuous ridge cables overlap on an upper surface of the cable dome structure, and a number of overlapping layers increases from inside to outside in an arithmetic sequence, and the number of overlapping layers between a joint u i and a joint u i+1 is i, wherein i=2,3, . . . , k.

Assignees

• Univ Zhejiang

Inventors

• Luo Yaozhi
• Xue Yu

Classifications

• E04B1/3211

  Structures with a vertical rotation axis or the like, e.g. semi-spherical structures · CPC title

• E04B2001/1996

  Tensile-integrity structures, i.e. structures comprising compression struts connected through flexible tension members, e.g. cables · CPC title

• E04B1/342

  Structures covering a large free area, whether open-sided or not, e.g. hangars, halls (roof trusses E04C3/00; non-structural features for specified purposes, see the relevant groups of E04H) · CPC title

• E04B1/32

  Arched structures; Vaulted structures; Folded structures ({E04B1/345 takes precedence;} vaulted roofs E04B7/08) · CPC title

• E04B7/18

  Special structures in or on roofs, e.g. dormer windows (in connection with roof coverings E04D13/00, especially domes E04D13/03) · CPC title