Structural Engineering Slide Library
Modern domes: Air-supported dome
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Image-GoddenE35.3 BC Place, Vancouver, Canada. Made for Expo 86, the world exposition held in Vancouver in 1986, as a multi-purpose stadium with seating for 60,000. The structure is a 190 m x 231 m super-ellipse in plan, and at the time of construction the world's largest air supported dome stadium. An air-supported roof consisting of two translucent teflon-coated fiberglass membranes and a two-way steel cable system is anchored to the 700 m U-shaped concrete compression beam at the top of the structure. The roof has a rise of 90 ft when inflated. (Vancouver, B.C.) | |
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Image-GoddenE35.4 Interior view of the BC Place structure (GoddenE35.1), showing the roof structure in daylight. The air pressure required to support the roof is only 5 psf. In the event of the roof deflating, the cables hold it 20 ft above the seating and ground. (Vancouver, B.C.) | |
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Image-GoddenE35.5 Detail of the roof cable anchorages to the concrete compression ring beam in BC Place Stadium (GoddenE35.2) (Vancouver, B.C.) | |
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Image-GoddenE35.6 External view of BC Place Stadium (GoddenE35.1) showing the compression ring beam. (Vancouver, B.C.) | |
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Image-GoddenE35.7 Internal view of BC Place Stadium showing the concrete cantilever frames supporting the upper seating. (Vancouver, B.C.) |
Set E: Domes and Shells
