Design Processes and Structural Behavior
In the subproject „design processes and structural behavior“ of the DACH research project
“Construction knowledge of early modernism – Shukhovs strategies for economical steel structures” the form and structural behavior of hyperboloid lattice towers are investigated at the Chair of structural design. This structural system, which is without precedence in architectural history, was invented in 1896 by the renowned Russian engineer and polymath Vladimir G. Šuchov. The seminal load bearing system is characterized by its structural efficiency and architectural expressiveness. Its geometry can be defined by five independent key parameters.
In this subproject, the interdependencies between form and structural behavior are analyzed for the first time. By means of ultimate load analysis and parameter studies, the effect of the different form-defining variables is presented. Furthermore, the bearing loads of built examples are determined. The historical calculations of Šuchov are investigated and interpreted, and the design process and development of his towers are reconstructed.
Person in charge: Matthias Beckh
Publications:
Matthias Beckh, Meike Hoheisel: Form und Tragverhalten hyperbolischer Gittertürme. Stahlbau, 79 (Heft 9): S 669-681
Matthias Beckh, Josef Musil, Roland Göttig: Back to the future - parametric design of hyperboloid lattice towers. In: Roland Göttig, Gerhard Schubert: 3D Technologien an der TU München. 2009, Aachen: Shaker Verlag. S. 63 - 74.
Matthias Beckh: Hyperbolische Turmstrukturen von Vladimir Šuchov. In: Rainer Barthel (Hg.) Denkmalpflege und Instandsetzung. Vorträge im Wintersemester 2008/2009. Lehrstuhl für Tragwerksplanung. TU München. S. 9 - 23
Matthias Beckh, Rainer Barthel, Andrij Kutnyi: Construction and Structural Behaviour of Vladimir Suchov's Niges Tower. Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Structural Analysis of Hist. Constructions, Bath 2008, p. 183-190.