The Eden Project in Cornwall, United Kingdom is a complex of two huge biome buildings consisting of several domes and outdoor gardens. Inside the biomes, there are several thousand species of plants collected from many diverse climates and environments, which serve for biological studies and exhibitions. The Rainforest Biome was built in the second phase of The Eden Project’s development. It is kept at a tropical temperature and moisture level and covers over 1,000 varieties of tropical plants.
The cylindrical steel structure of the aviary consists of an upper column in the form of an inclined spoked wheel and a base with anchoring spans as an observation platform.
The picture shows only a segment of the entire arena. The structure includes a total of 67 load cases and 6 load combinations. The calculation time of all load cases is approximately 2.5 minutes (Pentium IV, 1.99 GHz, 512MB RAM).