Morphological and mechanical investigation of interconnected elastic gridshells

Tim Joachim Jensen (1, 2) , Olivier Baverel (3, 4) , Cyril Douthe (5)

1 navier umr 8205 - Laboratoire Navier
2 ENSA-V - École nationale supérieure d'architecture de Versailles
3 ENSAG - École nationale supérieure d'architecture de Grenoble
4 msa - Matériaux et Structures Architecturés
5 IFSTTAR/MAST/EMMS - Expérimentation et Modélisation des Matériaux et des Structures

This paper describes the structural reinforcement of elastic gridshells by interconnecting several gridshells together. Reference for the present investigation is taken from the composite (GFRP) gridshell structure built for the Forum of the Solidays music festival in Paris in 2011. The principle of interconnection is illustrated with various structures which are generated using numerical toolbox developed by the laboratory for the automatic meshing of free-forms structures on Rhino. Then the effect of the interconnection on the structural behaviour is briefly discussed based on elementary loading cases. Finally, the feasibility of the concept as well as its architectural and morphological potential is show by the construction of a double gridshell prototype. The authors conclude on the possible future developments of such morphologies which could give interesting and unexpected architectures.

Mots clés: FLAMBEMENT

Domaines: Mécanique des structures [physics.class-ph]; Mécanique des structures [physics.class-ph]; Matériaux

Tim Joachim Jensen, Olivier Baverel, Cyril Douthe. Morphological and mechanical investigation of interconnected elastic gridshells. International Journal of Space Structures, 2013, 28 (3-4), pp.175-186. ⟨10.1260/0266-3511.28.3-4.175⟩. ⟨hal-00936965⟩