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I wanted to ask you, explanations about a doubt about a structure. in detail, it is a cover made of steel elements and pvc tel. leaving the latter, the steel skeleton is a hexagon inscribed in a 10 m diameter circle; it has 6 2,2 m tall pillars while the structure has a total height of 4 m.
the 6 diagonals connect the pillars to a central element and are about 5.3 m long; the pillars are connected to each other by 5 m long beams (i.e. the side of the hexagon inscribed in the circle of 10 m of diameter).
the load that will act on the cover sheet (direct according to gravity) is 200 n/m^2.
in order to properly measure the structural elements, I considered it appropriate to define a load per unit length (to be applied to each single beam); the reasoning I followed is this:
- surface area calculation cover: 70 m^2 (calculated by multiplying the area of a single triangle forming the sheet for 6 elements)
- calculation of concentrated load on cover: 14000 n (i.e. 200 n/m^2 * 70 m^2)
- calculation of the concentrated load on diagonals and beams: 1167 n (i.e. 14000 n / 12 rods -> (6 traverses + 6 diagonals)))
- calculation of the load distributed on the single diagonal: 220 n/m (i.e. 1167 n / 5,3 m)
- calculation of the load distributed on the single traverse: 233.4 n/m (i.e. 1167 n / 5 m)
is it correct to have reasoned like this?
Thank you.
I wanted to ask you, explanations about a doubt about a structure. in detail, it is a cover made of steel elements and pvc tel. leaving the latter, the steel skeleton is a hexagon inscribed in a 10 m diameter circle; it has 6 2,2 m tall pillars while the structure has a total height of 4 m.
the 6 diagonals connect the pillars to a central element and are about 5.3 m long; the pillars are connected to each other by 5 m long beams (i.e. the side of the hexagon inscribed in the circle of 10 m of diameter).
the load that will act on the cover sheet (direct according to gravity) is 200 n/m^2.
in order to properly measure the structural elements, I considered it appropriate to define a load per unit length (to be applied to each single beam); the reasoning I followed is this:
- surface area calculation cover: 70 m^2 (calculated by multiplying the area of a single triangle forming the sheet for 6 elements)
- calculation of concentrated load on cover: 14000 n (i.e. 200 n/m^2 * 70 m^2)
- calculation of the concentrated load on diagonals and beams: 1167 n (i.e. 14000 n / 12 rods -> (6 traverses + 6 diagonals)))
- calculation of the load distributed on the single diagonal: 220 n/m (i.e. 1167 n / 5,3 m)
- calculation of the load distributed on the single traverse: 233.4 n/m (i.e. 1167 n / 5 m)
is it correct to have reasoned like this?
Thank you.