Structural Engineering Slide Library

Three-hinged arches: roof structures

	Image-GoddenB29 Gymnasium building. This building is constructed as two intersecting laminated 3-hinged arches. The building is square in plan, with the arches on the diagonals. (Anderson, Indiana)
	Image-GoddenB30 Gymnasium building. Detail of structure. The boundary hinge detail consists of welded steel pedestals. Note the size of the hinge by comparing with the child on the right. (Anderson, Indiana)
	Image-GoddenB31 Gymnasium building. Detail of structure. Center of gymnasium roof taken from below. Detail of intersection of the two arches consists of a steel hinge operating as a hinge in both directions. (Anderson, Indiana)
	Image-GoddenB32 Small glue-laminated structure over a swimming-pool. Hexagonal in plan, the structure consists of six radial arch ribs forming three intersecting 3-hinged arches. See GoddenB33 for interior view.
	Image-GoddenB33 Interior view of small, glue-laminated structure over a swimming-pool. The full vertical and horizontal loading on the building is taken on the six radial arch ribs, of which one is seen here. See GoddenB33 for exterior.

Set B: Arch Structures