ADVANCE CONSTRUCTION AND

PROJECT MANAGEMENT
AC-804

Shrinil Amin
15SA163
SPACE FRAME
• A SPACE FRAME OR SPACE STRUCTURE IS A TRUSS-LIKE, LIGHTWEIGHT RIGID STRUCTURE CONSTRUCTED
FROM INTERLOCKING STRUTS IN A GEOMETRIC PATTERN.
Disadvantages
Advantages :
Commercial and :
Materials Used : industrial
structures
Curvature These spatial This type of vault has They require the use Hard to analyse
Lightweight
classification structures are a cross-section of a of tetrahedral and design
• Space plane covers composed of planar simple arch. modules or pyramids
Timber Auditoriums substructures. • Spherical domes and and additional
• Barrel vaults other compound curves support from a skin.
Difficult to tell how
Elegant and
forces will actually
economic
work
Steel hollow
Skylights
sections
Designed with no intermediate
High inherent
columns to achieve large spans stiffness
Aluminium Canopies

SPACE FRAME
Space frames can be
used to span large areas Can carry three

Reinforced with few interior dimensional loads

Concrete
Toll booths supports. Like the truss.

flexing loads (bending moments) are
transmitted Easy and fast to
as tension and compression loads construct
Exhibition
along the length of each strut.
halls

A space frame is strong Durable material,

protective finishes
Sports because of the inherent
stadiums rigidity of the triangle

Services can be
The flexibility and rigidity of space frame structure are immensely growing and in integrated easily

coming days will soon captivate the markets. Its aesthetics and design outlook