Simply Curved Suspended Roofs

The doubly curved saddle shaped roof shown in fig 1 a is an anticlastic cable mesh of dimensions 92m by 97m consisting of 47 prestressed cables suspended between two parabolic concrete arches intercrossing each other.

Simply curved suspended roofs.

The simply suspended cables may be of the single plane double flange or double layer type. Whether simply used as a design accent or for an entire roof radius roofing is gaining in popularity. Simply curved suspended roofs suspended roofs with simple curvature behave like a group of cables suspended in parallel each cable deforms under its own load independently of its neighbours. Simply suspended or hanging roofs include cable roofs of single curvature and synclastic shape that is cylindrical roofs with parallel cable arrangement and polygonal dishes with radial cable pattern or cable nets.

Curved corrugated metal roof panel has 37 wide coverage and can be curved convex concave horizontal or vertical. Simply suspended cable systems were also used such as dulles. This invention more specifically is concerned with a cable suspended structure which quite simply can be produced as a roofing structure having a substantial lightness while at the same time being inherently stable under both positive and negative loading conditions.