Forum Gold and Silver in Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany
Customer Project
By the day the 2014 State Garden Show begins, the construction of a building with a spectacular façade will be complete in the German town of Schwäbisch Gmünd. The project of the local association for noble metals is supposed to emphasize the reputation of the "gold and silver" town.
| Structural Engineering |
Structural Analysis for Façade Structure Ingenieurbüro Klöckner GmbH, Nistertal, Germany |
| Construction |
Façade EBENER GmbH Fassaden-Profiltechnik, Bad Marienberg, Germany www.ebener.de Steel Structure SWW Stahlbau Westerwald, Heiligenrot, Germany www.stahlbauwesterwald.de |
| Architect |
isin architekten, Aalen, Germany www.isin.de |
| Investor |
Edelmetallverband Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany www.edelmetallverband.de |
Model
The following data refer to the façade construction.
Length: ~ 82 ft | Width: ~ 82 ft | Height: ~ 82 ft | Weight: ~ 61 t
Number of Nodes: 811 | Members: 1,276 | Materials: 2 | Cross-Sections: 7
The house is intended to be used as a place for presentations and events which are associated with matters of gold and silver as well as design.
The design of the building was commissioned by the German planning office isin architekten after winning the design competition. The German engineering office Klöckner carried out the structural calculation of the façade's supporting structure using RSTAB. They used RFEM for the façade cassettes. In connection with a wind report created by the German I.F.I. Institute for Industrial Aerodynamics, the wind loads to be applied were determined with a model put in a wind tunnel.
Façade Structure
The façade envelops the building like a coat made of gold leaf. But in reality, the approximately 800 façade plates of 4.9 ft x 4.9 ft consist of an aluminum alloy that is coated on both sides with DURAFLON®, a FEVE stove enamel finish for façades.
The steel supporting structure of the façade consists of 1,276 members altogether, with steel grades of S 235 and S 355. It is fixed to the building at 80 points. Ten round pipe columns of d=6.2 in bear the majority of the vertical loads.
The RSTAB add-on module STEEL EC3 was used for the calculation. The façade cassettes with a thickness of 0.11 in were calculated using the RFEM modules RF‑IMP, RF‑STABILITY and RF‑STEEL Surfaces.
The cassettes are stiffened in the field by aluminum edge profiles. These were designed in RF ‑ ALUMINUM.
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Programs Used for Structural Analysis
Main Program
Structural engineering software for finite element analysis (FEA) of planar and spatial structural systems consisting of plates, walls, shells, members (beams), solids and contact elements
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The structural engineering software for design of frame, beam and truss structures, performing linear and nonlinear calculations of internal forces, deformations, and support reactions
2,550.00 USD
Add-on Module
Design of steel members according to Eurocode 3
1,480.00 USD
Add-on Module
Stress analysis of steel surfaces and members
1,030.00 USD
Add-on Module
Design of aluminium members according to Eurocode 9
1,480.00 USD
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Stability analysis according to the eigenvalue method
670.00 USD
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Stability analysis according to the eigenvalue method
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Generation of equivalent geometric imperfections and pre-deformed initial structures for nonlinear calculations
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