Papers by Author: Zhi Yong Zhou

Abstract: The ultimate bearing capacity of the single-layer latticed shell structure, calculated without considering the single-member instability(P-δ effect), was not consistent to the actual value of ultimate bearing capacity in practice. It was studied in detail that the ultimate bearing capacity of the single-layer latticed shell structure considering the member instability by proposing a method of multi-element simulation. The value of the ultimate bearing capacity decreased by 15.6% after considering the member instability taking a single-layer latticed shell structure with a 40m span as example. The analysis results show that the value of ultimate bearing capacity is significantly affected for the single-layer latticed shell structure with a small span and high rise-span ratio

Abstract: Aiming at the dynamic stability of the K8 single-layer latticed shell structures, it was carried out the dynamic stability analysis based on the finite element method(FEM) in this paper. The dynamic responses of the structure are calculated using the FEM and the B-R rule is applied to determine the dynamic instability critical loads. Results show that the dynamic instability is prone to take place in the K8 single-layer latticed shell structures under the severe seismic load and the dynamic instability critical seismic wave peak value is about 0.7g. The location of instability starts from the intersection between the third circular members and the radial members, then it spreads abroad until the structure collapses.

Abstract: This paper deals with the issues involved during the design of a complex roof structure in the grand theater located at the city of Hangzhou, China. The complexity comes from the structural being of three reasons: long-span, complex structure and special figuration. To study the roof structure completely, researches on the mechanical properties of the structure are carried out in the paper. The nonlinear finite element method is used to analyze the geometrical nonlinear stability. Buckling and post-buckling analyses are performed to determine the load-carrying capacity of the perfect and imperfect roof structure. Meanwhile, the critical loads of the structure with different parameters are also discussed in this paper. It is shown that the effect of supporting stiffness originated from foundations and concrete structures to improve the critical load is evident. The buckling of the structure is a global collapse. With the temperature rises, the limited load-carrying capacity of the structure decreases obviously.