Cases of Lightweight Structures for Polar Areas

• Main Authors: Pedreros, Jessica Fernandoy, Christ, Julian, Shepherd, Paul, Koss, Holger
• Format: Other Non-Article Part of Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures (IASS ) 2017
• Subjects: Lightweight structures; Polar regions; Structural optimisation; Topology optimisation; Frame-supported membrane structure; Stochastic wind loading; Arctic; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Glacier Union; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://orbit.dtu.dk/en/publications/5e2549f4-ade4-4a80-ace2-232b8ed27675

The paper focuses on what the authors call ‘Polar Lightweight Structures’. The first part presents a collection of lightweight structures (LWS) designed and built for Antarctic conditions, with the aim of demonstrating the diversity of approaches attempted by designers. The second part of the paper...