VSH Turòa nad Bodvou - Nemetschek Scia

The mission of the structural engineering department was to
design the structure of the roof of the showroom. The client is a
well-known international manufacturer of roof tiles. The roofs of
the existing buildings were typical shed roofs. The architect wanted
the same typical shed form for the new showroom. There could not
be any diagonal truss members in the glazed surfaces, and there
could not be any visible structure in the other parts of the roof.
The surface of the main roof is 18*32.50 m2 . The orientation of the
shed form leads to a semi 3D structure, a combination of trusses
and frames carrying the loads in the direction of the 32.50 m. The
frames were placed in the glazed parts, and the more economic
trusses in the other parts. The use of tension bars in the other direction
to connect the different frames and trusses was inevitable, but
they had to be placed as high as possible, with a minimal cross
section.
The roof became a rather complex structure, highly hyperstatic and
with important internal forces. The possibilities to transport and
assemble the roof had to be investigated, the total cost of the roof
structure had to be minimized. The glazed surfaces allowed only
small displacements.
The best approach for us was to use the powerful and easy to
handle SCIA•ESA PT software package to build an accurate 3D
model of the roof structure. The use of layers and the work plane
tool made it easy to build the model. The steel check and optimisation
module allowed us to reduce the weight of the structure.
Displacements were easy to check. After a first study, some changes
in the geometry could be easily implemented into the model in a
short time.
The use of SCIA•ESA PT allowed us to reduce not only the total
weight of a rather complex roof structure, but also the time and
effort needed to design it.
Showroom Korimco Kortrijk
The mission of the structural engineering department was to
design the structure of the roof of the showroom. A typical
shed form was required. There could not be any diagonal
truss members in the glazed surfaces, and there could not
be any visible structure in the other parts of the roof. The
surface of the main roof is 18*32.50 m2 . The orientation of
the shed form led to a semi 3D structure, a combination of
trusses and frames carrying the loads in the direction of the
32.50 m. The roof became a rather complex structure, highly
hyperstatic, with important internal forces.
Showroom Korimco Kortrijk
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