Octahedron-based spatial bar structures - the form of large areas covers

• Main Author: Pilarska Dominika
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: EDP Sciences 2018-01-01
• Series: MATEC Web of Conferences
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/201817403007

The large areas covers may be designed as the spatial dome constructions where the basis of their shaping are regular polyhedra. The paper presents eight new designed spatial bar structures as geodetic domes with a span of 50 m. The basis of their shaping is the regular octahedron. This polyhedron has not been recognized in detail as the basis for geodesic domes designing. Using second method of the division of the initial equilateral triangle proposed by professor Fuliński, bar domes generated from 2904-hedron, 3456-hedron, 4056-hedron, 4704-hedron, 5400-hedron, 6144-hedron, 6936-hedron and 7776-hedron were obtained. The designed eight bar structures were subjected to thorough geometric and static analysis showing the behaviour of the geodesic bar domes generated according to the presented in the paper method of the division of original face of regular octahedron. Own formulas were developed to determine the number of nodes and bars. The designed eight bar systems in the form of geodesic domes, which the basis of shaping is regular octahedron can be used as the covers of large areas without the necessity of the internal supports usage.