Predicting Collapse of a Lattice Dome Due to Foundation Settlement

• Published in: International Journal of Space Structures
• Main Authors: Shugar, T.A., Holland, T.J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: SAGE Publications 1990
• Subjects: Building and Construction; Architecture; Civil and Structural Engineering; Conservation; Amundsen Scott South Pole Station; Amundsen-Scott; Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station; South Pole; South pole
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/026635119000500101; http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/026635119000500101

The base of the lattice dome sheltering the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station is distorting due to movement in the compacted snow foundation. The base ring differential settlement is calculated by a least squares analysis of measured foundation displacement data. The topology and geometry of the dom...