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Folded Plate Structure Report

Folded plate structures achieve greater height, rigidity, and weight reduction through their folded construction. They are formed using straight elements like plates and sticks arranged in a folded pattern. Engineer Eudene Freyssinet performed the first roof with a folded structure in 1923. Folded structures can take various geometric forms and be made of different materials. They are used widely in architectural and engineering structures like roofs, floors, bridges, and retaining walls.

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Folded Plate Structure Report

Folded plate structures achieve greater height, rigidity, and weight reduction through their folded construction. They are formed using straight elements like plates and sticks arranged in a folded pattern. Engineer Eudene Freyssinet performed the first roof with a folded structure in 1923. Folded structures can take various geometric forms and be made of different materials. They are used widely in architectural and engineering structures like roofs, floors, bridges, and retaining walls.

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FOLDED PLATE STRUCUTRE

• The term folded structure defines a folded form of construction, including structures
made of plates and structures made of sticks which make a folded form by their
mutual relationship in space.
• The basic idea of creating this type of construction is striving to achieve more
constructive height and greater rigidity and reduce the net weight of the structural
element.
• The strength and stiffness of folded construction is achieved primarily by proper
design of the structure, and to a lesser extent, by thickness and dimension of the
elements that form it.
• Engineer Eudene Freyssinet performed the first roof with the folded structure in
1923as an aircraft hangar at Orly Airport in Paris.
• Folded structures are spatial structures formed by the elements in the plane, different
in form and materialization.

• Folded structures differ in: geometric form, the form of a base over which they are
performed, the manner of performance, methods of forming stiffness, function and
position in the building, and the material they are made of.
• By using folded structures different spatial forms can be made.
• The straight elements forming a folded construction can be of various shapes:
rectangular, trapezoidal or triangular.
• By combining these elements, we get different forms resulting in a variety of shapes
and remarkable architectural expression.

MY EXPLORATIONS
The Principle of Folding:
The structural characteristics of folding
structures depend on:
• The pattern of the folding.
• Their geometrical basic shape.
• Its material.
• The connection of the different folding
planes.
• The design of the bearings.
• Movable form work can be employed.
• Form work required is relatively simpler.
• Design involves simpler calculations.
• The Concept of Stiffness Generation.

Basic Elements of Folded Plates:


• The Inclined Plates.
• Edge plates which must be used to stiffen the wide plates.
• Stiffeners to carry the loads to the supports and to hold the plates in line.
• Columns to support the structure in the air.
Based on geometric shape folded structures can be divided into:

1. Folded plate surfaces: Folded structures in the plane are the structures in which all the
highest points of the elements and all the elements of the
lowest points of the folded structure belong to two parallel
planes.
2. Folded plate frames: Frame folded structures represent constructional set in which the
elements of each segment of the folds mutually occupies a frame
spatial form. This type of folded structure is spatial organization
of two or more folds in the plane.
3. Spatial folded plate structures: Spatial folded structures are the type of a structure in
which a spatial constructive set is formed by combining
mutually the elements of a folded structure.
The shape of folded structures affects
the transmission of load and direction of
relying of folded structures. Based on
these parameters we can do the division
in:
➢ linear folded plate structure.
➢ radial folded plate structure.
➢ spatial folded plate structure.

• Combined folded constructions are


carried out over the complex geometric
basis, formed by the combination of
simple geometric figures, rectangles and
semicircles on one side or both sides.
• This type of folded structure can be
derived in the plane or as a frame
(cylindrical) structure, and represents a
combination of folded structure above
the rectangular base and ½ of the radial
construction.
APPLICATIONS:
• Folded structures have found the application in architectural buildings and
engineering structures.
• Based on the position in the architectural structure, this type of construction can
be divided into:
➢ Roof
➢ Floor
➢ Wall folded constructions.
• In engineering structures, bridges and retaining walls, various structural elements
can be constructed on the principle of folded structures.
• The principle of greater stiffness of individual constructive element, by the
introduction of folded form, has found application in many consumer products.
• The largest number of examples of folded structures are roof structures.
• The need for acquiring the larger range and more cost-effective structure led to
the emergence of this type of structure.
1. Air Force Academy Chapel, Colorado Springs, USA:
• The basic construction of this facility consists of triangular plates – metal panels
forming folded construction.
• The structure consists of 100 tetrahedral elements brought from the workshop and
assembled on site.
• At the time when the facility was built it was disputed by the professional
community, but later became an example of modern architecture in the USA.

2. Mezzanine ceiling called "Kielsteg”:


• Mezzanine ceiling structure constructed as a wooden folded structure represents a
trapezoidal crease with elements of veneer (plywood), and horizontal parts of the
folded structure is made of solid wood.
• This type of ceiling called "Trofdek", patented in England, is a miniature version of
the folded structure.
• Mezzanine ceiling can be executed as a wooden folded construction and it
represents a parallel "V" crease with elements of veneer or OSB composite, placed
between the horizontal elements of cut solid wood.
• This type of ceiling is called "Kielsteg" and it has been patented in Austria.
3. Securing the foundation pit with Larsen planks:
• Securing of foundation pits, especially if the ground is under water, is more
frequently performed by using profiled steel sheet piles and this way of security
also represents the application of folded.
• By using these piles, the foundation pits of great depth can be secured.
• Joints are constructed to allow certain rotation, and thus the opportunity to carry
out the walls of steel sheet piles in the bends as well.
• This type of security of the foundation pits represents a vertical folded structure
of steel and this type of pile is called Larsen planks.

Gaurav Bohara
Roll No. 20
ABCM

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