Even if arch arised as structural system more than two thousand years ago, this structural typology is still not widely diffused and is mainly adopted when large spans have to be covered. The structural efficiency of arches primarily depends on optimal material exploitation, i.e. minimization of internal stress eccentricity that reduces structural material volume and weight. An efficient structure, under these terms, implies simple and light scaffolding, so contributing in minimizing construction costs. Although very abundant knowledge and literature on arches, there is still scope for design optimization. This study is framed within this context and deals with the structural analysis of end-clamped plane circular arches under uniformly distributed vertical load and self weight. In the first step, the analytical solution of arch static and kinematic behaviour is derived by the force method. In the second step, the arch shape is optimized, by assuming the arch volume, and thus the weight, as objective function. Finally minima of the objective function (i.e. optimal geometric shape parameters) are computed and charted in order to be used for practical purposes. (C) 2020 Asociacion Espanola de Ingenieria Estructural (ACHE). Published by Cinter Divulgacion Tecnica S.L.L. All rights reserved.

Volume optimization of end-clamped arches = Optimización de volumen para arcos empotrados / Trentadue, F; Fiore, A; Greco, R; Marano, Gc; De Marco, G; Sardone, L; Lagaros, Nd. - In: HORMIGÓN Y ACERO. - ISSN 0439-5689. - STAMPA. - 71:292(2020), pp. 71-76. (Intervento presentato al convegno International Fib Symposium on Conceptual Design of Structures tenutosi a Madrid, Spain nel September 26-29, 2019) [10.33586/hya.2019.2888].

Volume optimization of end-clamped arches = Optimización de volumen para arcos empotrados

Trentadue, F;Greco, R;Marano, GC;Sardone, L;
2020-01-01

Abstract

Even if arch arised as structural system more than two thousand years ago, this structural typology is still not widely diffused and is mainly adopted when large spans have to be covered. The structural efficiency of arches primarily depends on optimal material exploitation, i.e. minimization of internal stress eccentricity that reduces structural material volume and weight. An efficient structure, under these terms, implies simple and light scaffolding, so contributing in minimizing construction costs. Although very abundant knowledge and literature on arches, there is still scope for design optimization. This study is framed within this context and deals with the structural analysis of end-clamped plane circular arches under uniformly distributed vertical load and self weight. In the first step, the analytical solution of arch static and kinematic behaviour is derived by the force method. In the second step, the arch shape is optimized, by assuming the arch volume, and thus the weight, as objective function. Finally minima of the objective function (i.e. optimal geometric shape parameters) are computed and charted in order to be used for practical purposes. (C) 2020 Asociacion Espanola de Ingenieria Estructural (ACHE). Published by Cinter Divulgacion Tecnica S.L.L. All rights reserved.
2020
Volume optimization of end-clamped arches = Optimización de volumen para arcos empotrados / Trentadue, F; Fiore, A; Greco, R; Marano, Gc; De Marco, G; Sardone, L; Lagaros, Nd. - In: HORMIGÓN Y ACERO. - ISSN 0439-5689. - STAMPA. - 71:292(2020), pp. 71-76. (Intervento presentato al convegno International Fib Symposium on Conceptual Design of Structures tenutosi a Madrid, Spain nel September 26-29, 2019) [10.33586/hya.2019.2888].
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