TOPIC :

1. DEFINATION

2. LOAD TRANSFER

3. SIDE STABILITY

4. CASE STUDY

5. ADVANTAGE USING GEODESTIC STRUCTURE

Structural configuration
A steel dome having members
which follow three principle
sets of GREAT CIRCLES
intersecting at 60◦, subdividing
the dome surface into a series
of equilateral triangles.
DEFINATION :

• System structure that transmit the load

to the corbel via a linear arrangement of
the members on a curved plane .

• Load transfer tension and compression

force towards the members .

• Represents a spherical space frame .

•Sistem struktur yang sebarkan beban kepada penyangga

melalui susunan lelurus ahli-ahli yang terdapat dalam pada
satu satah yang melengkung.

•Beban-beban mengenakan tegangan dan mampatan di dalam

ahli-ahli.

•Merupakan kerangka ruang berbentuk sfera.

LOAD TRANSFER :
5 SOLID STRUCTURE Basic division of structure :
“frequencies”.
3.
2. Resistance of sphere and
material used on geodesic
structure can effect the
“frequency”.

4.
1.

5.
LOAD TRANSFER :

JOINTING

BASE LINE

TOP

COMPRESSION

MERIDIAN LINE

TENSION BASE

COMPRESSION
LOAD TRANSFER :

5 POINT

BASE LINE FORCE

HEMISPHERE LESS THAN HEMISPHERE MORE THAN HEMISPHERE

SIDE STABILITY :

Produce from geometry

dome form and triangular
units.
CASE STUDY: TRADE FAIR DOME
CASE STUDY: D.E.W System Radome, Canada
CASE STUDY: MISSIOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN
The Advantages of Using a Geodesic Design

1. Geodesics offer the strongest form of architecture known (because

geodesic forms follow a doubly curved surface and because the base is
always a polyhedron which already begins to approximate a sphere. The
example of the strength of the shell of an egg confirms the strength of a
spherically based structure).

2. A geodesic form creates the largest volume of space covered by the least
amount of material (the most efficient use of material to cover a given
volume of space).

3. The largest unobstructed spans can be created using geodesic geometry.

4. Geodesic structures provide the most efficient form for the purposes of
heating.

5. Spheres are aesthetically highly pleasing.

6. Spheres generate and embody potent energy fields.