SHELL STRUCTURE SYSTEM:

FOLDED
Design V
Group 07
Mehzabin Kabir Azmy
22022100600004 (36)
Muntaha
2022100600010(36)
FOLDED PLATES

Folded plates are assemblies of flat plates

rigidly connected together along their edges
in such a way that the structural system
capable of carrying loads without the need
for additional supporting beams along mutual
edges.

FOLDING SYSTEMS IN NATURE

The principle of folding as a tool to

develop a general structural shape has been
known for a long time. Folded structure
systems which are analogous to several
biological systems such as found at
broadleaf-tree leaves, petals and foldable
insect wings, are adopted to be employed
in a new, technical way.
The system of load transformation in
folded structures depends on shape and
the load direction. There are three basic types
of load transmission systems:

Linear folded-plate .
Radial folded-plate .
Spatial folded-plate .

Linear folded-
plate structure

Radial folded-plate .

Spatial folded structure

STRUCTURAL BEHAVIOR OF FOLDING
Load Distribution process:

• At first, the external forces are transferred to the shorter

edge of one folding element
• There, the reaction as an axial force is divided between
the adjacent elements.
• Then the forces transferred to the bearings.

Classification of folded structures based on materials:

• Folded structures made of reinforced concrete

• Metal folded structures
• Folded structures of wood
• Folded structures of glass
• Folded structures of plastic materials
• Folded constructions made in combination of different materials
CASE STUDY: AIR FORCE ACADEMY CHAPEL,
USA:
Architect: Walter Netsch,
Length: 280 ft, Height: 150 ft,
Width: 84 ft,
Year: 1962
Architectural Construction:
• The most striking aspect of the Chapel is its row of seventeen
spires.
• The original design called for twenty- one spires, but this
number was reduced due to budget issues.
• The structure is a tubular steel frame of 100 identical
tetrahedrons, each 75 feet (23 m) long, weighing five tons,
and enclosed with Aluminum panels.
• The tetrahedrons are spaced a foot apart, creating gaps in the
framework that are filled with 1-inch-thick (25mm) colored
glass.
• The tetrahedrons comprising the spires are filled by triangular
Aluminum panels, while the tetrahedrons between the spires
are filled with a mosaic of Colored glass in Aluminum frame.
• The Cadet Chapel itself is 150 feet (46 m) high, 280 feet (85
m) long, and 84 feet (26 m) wide. The front façade, on the
south, has a wide granite stairway with steel railings capped
by Aluminum handrails leading up one story to a landing. At
the landing is a band of gold anodized Aluminum doors, and
gold anodized aluminum sheets apparently covering original
windows.
• The tetrahedrons are spaced a foot apart, creating
gaps in the framework that are filled with 1-inch-
thick (25mm) colored glass.
• The tetrahedrons comprising the spires are filled by
triangular Aluminum panels, while the tetrahedrons
between the spires are filled with a mosaic of
Colored glass in Aluminum frame.
• The Cadet Chapel itself is 150 feet (46 m) high,
280 feet (85 m) long, and 84 feet (26 m) wide.
• The front facade, on the south, has a wide granite
stairway with steel railings capped by Aluminum
handrails leading up one story to a landing. At the
landing is a band of gold anodized Aluminum
doors, and gold anodized aluminum sheets
apparently covering original windows.
Level up + 800’
LOCAL CASE STUDY
Lotus Temple / Fariborz Sahba New Delhi, India ||1986)
Architect : Fariborz Sahba
Structural Designer: Flint & Nail partnership of London
were the consultants
Built: 1978-1986
TOTAL AREA : 24 ACRE

CONSTRUCTION SYSTEM:

The lotus temple is constructed based on the arcaded

construction system.

1. Based on 9 radial grids.

2. The Lotus Temple in which the structure of inner
leaves enclose the interior dome in a canopy
made of crisscrossing ribs and shells of intricate
pattern.
3. When views from inside each layer of ribs and
shells disappears as it rises, behind the next,
lower layer.
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