Los Angeles Football Club Soccer Stadium Aluminium Grandstands, Los Angeles, CA USA
Los Angeles Football Club Soccer Stadium (© Trex Commercial Products)
Removable Grandstands During Assembly (© Trex Commercial Products)
3D Model of One Grandstand (Top) and Mode Shape (Bottom) in RSTAB (© Trex Commercial Products)
Customer Project
| Owners | Larry Berg, Brandon Beck, Bennett Rosenthal, Peter Guber, Tom Penn, Henry Nguyen, Ruben Gnanalingam, Vincent Tan, Will Ferrell, Mia Hamm Garciaparra, Nomar Garciaparra, Earvin Johnson, Goodwin Gaw, Chad Hurley, Tucker Kain, Kirk Lacob, Mitch Lasky, Mark Leschly, Mike Mahan, Marc Merrill, Irwin Raij, Tony Robbins, Lon Rosen, Paul Schaeffer, Brandon Schneider, Allen Shapiro, Mark Shapiro, Jason Sugarman, Joe Tsai, Harry Tsao, Rick Welts |
| Architect |
Gensler, USA www.gensler.com |
| Structural Analysis & Design |
Trex Commercial Products, USA www.trexcommercial.com |
| Assembly | Harriot Contracting LLC, USA |
Dimensions of One Grandstand
The removable grandstands are surrounded on three sides by precast seating risers in the north endzone of the Los Angeles Football club soccer stadium. The grandstands are a free-standing system. The system is comprised of aluminium trusses which are demountable from aluminium towers.
The clear span between the single towers amounts to approximately five metres. The majority of the members are aluminium square and rectangular tubes. The towers are attached to the concrete substrate via internally threaded inserts epoxied into the concrete resulting in a flush surface when the system is removed.
The design in this area required Trex Commercial Products to provide folding seats and a guardrail to allow for safer spectator standing areas. The folding seats integrate into guardrail units and these are attached to the front of the aluminium risers.
Design
The primary design challenges were based on the materials used and the use of the structure. The structure was welded aluminium such that reduced properties had to be considered in weld zones which was possible using the ALUMINUM ADM add-on module for RSTAB. DYNAM Pro was utilized to analyze the natural vibration modes and the performance of the structure subjected to significantly demanding rhythmic activities by spectators.
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Programs Used for Structural Analysis
RSTAB
Main Program
Main Program
The structural engineering software for design of frame, beam and truss structures, performing linear and nonlinear calculations of internal forces, deformations, and support reactions
Price of First License
2,550.00 USD
2,550.00 USD
RSTAB
Steel and Aluminium Structures
Add-on Module
Design of aluminium members according to the American standards ADM 2010 and ADM 2015
Price of First License
1,480.00 USD
1,480.00 USD
RSTAB
Dynamic Analysis
Add-on Module
Dynamic and seismic analysis including time history analysis and multi-modal response spectrum analysis
Price of First License
1,120.00 USD
1,120.00 USD
RSTAB
Dynamic Analysis
Add-on Module
Dynamic analysis of natural frequencies and mode shapes of member models
Price of First License
850.00 USD
850.00 USD
