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2014-02-24

Tented Roof Structure for Family House, Austria

A family house with a remarkable roof structure was built in Upper Austria in 2014.

The tented roof was built as a visible wooden structure. Together with the light‑flooded glass facade, it is a real eye‑catcher.

Two Dlubal customers were engaged in this project. The German engineering office Wagner used RSTAB to perform the structural analysis for the roof structure and WIEHAG GmbH from Austria was responsible for the timber construction.

Structure

The center symmetrical tented roof has 12 roof surfaces. Its shape is based on two glued-laminated timber rings; a round ring outside and an octagonal ring inside. Twelve hip rafters form the main beams of the roof structure.

The valley and jack rafters transfer the roof loads from the external ring to the hip rafters. The connections were carried out with slotted sheets, as the roof is a timber structure with wooden elements that are intended to be seen.

The timber roof is supported by steel columns consisting of rectangular and square hollow sections.

Structural Analysis

First, the structure was modeled in cadwork. Then, it was imported to RSTAB using the interface. The engineering office Wagner used add-on modules by Dlubal Software for the design of the frame structure.



Project Specifications

Model data

Number of Nodes 259
Number of Members 329
Number of Load Cases 9
Number of Load Combinations 159
Number of Result Combinations 2
Total Weight 8.052 tons
Dimensions 54.62 x 82.01 x 16.83 feet
Program Version 8.02.00

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