Systemic Behaviour of Plane Reciprocal Frame Structures

Thomas Kohlhammer, Toni Kotnik
2011 Structural Engineering International  
Reciprocal frame construction refers to a structural system that was developed first in eastern Asia in the 12th century. Short bar-shaped elements allow a surface to be spanned whose area is many times that of the length of the individual bars. In addition to the global geometry of the resulting surface, of particular interest is the interaction of forces between the individual bars that enables the load support and gives rise to the specific systemics of the overall structure. This paper
more » ... ds to analyse these topics and the resulting possibilities.
doi:10.2749/101686611x12910257102596 fatcat:5pz7rquh4racrdytdqiebquply