Shape-adaptive Climate Loading of Tensile Surface Structures

Abstract

This paper deals with climate loading of tensile surface structures. The approaches for the snow load calculation were summarized and a new usage for tensile surface structures based on established procedures has been proposed. The snow load distribution and accumulation was presented in the form of an algorithm implemented in a finite element software. The results of the algorithm for snow load accumulation were verified on simple examples with vertical, inclined and curved surfaces.

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