Open AccessSTUDY OF A STRUCTURE SUSPENDED FROM A SYSTEM OF STEEL COLUMNS AND TRUSSES (SYSTEM AND STABILITY)
Author(s) -
Kisalu Nzundu
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of engineering, sciences and research technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2277-9655
DOI - 10.29121/ijesrt.v9.i9.2020.6
Subject(s) - truss , foundation (evidence) , structural engineering , stability (learning theory) , work (physics) , structural system , computer science , engineering , architectural engineering , mechanical engineering , archaeology , machine learning , history
Throughout history, men always wanted to build structures that are each more impressive than the next, while rising higher in the air. In this process, men were not satisfied with making sure that these structures were beautiful, impressive and majestic, but that they could also be very useful, that they fulfilled a function, and that they were able to resist the various structural constraints that will be imposed on it, or that could be imposed on it.With this in mind, we thought of creating a structure that could both inspire this side of wonder and structural beauty, while being useful and resistant to the loads imposed on it.In this work, we are going to talk about a building suspended to its foundation, in the sense that the building does not rest directly on the ground, but is suspended nearly eight meters from the ground by each of the three columns which support the said building by a system of trusses. The structure is made of steel with reinforced concrete slabs, which gives it a significant advantage in terms of weight. Another advantage is that it reacts quite well to earthquakes, showing only very small deflections using the equivalent lateral force method.In this work we will focus on the stability of the members of the system that carries the building and the stability of the building in general.