Author: McGown, Alan;Wright, H D;Innes, J;Michie, C;McGowan, Alan
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McGown, Alan;Wright, H D;Innes, J;Michie, C;McGowan, Alan
The Structural Engineer, Volume 75, Issue 6, 1997
Contributions to Verulam A member has complained that his contribution on an important subject was summarised rather than being quoted in full. He feels that heartfelt comments on important issues should be heard by the Institution and quotes the Institution's mission statement to support his views. Verulam receives large numbers of contributions, most of them on important subjects and presumably equally heartfelt by their authors. Verulam
As a British Colony, Hong Kong has the tradition of using British Standards in most construction and manufacturing sectors. Will this continue after the change of soveignty in 1997? Will Hong Kong adopt Chinese Standards or should Hong Kong have its own standards? If so, what should they be? Ignatius Y.S. Lau
This paper is concerned with the structural mechanics of pin-jointed structures and temporary grandstands. Particular attention is paid to horizontal stiffness which is one of the principal design checks for such structures. It is demonstrated that the stiffness of a pin-jointed structure can be increased by providing shorter or direct load paths between the loads and the supports and also by providing a uniform inner force distribution. Following these concepts, five simple criteria for arranging bracing members of temporary grandstands are obtained. Several bracing systems are examined and compared with equivalent systems obtained using these criteria. The results show that the criteria can be used to increase the lateral stiffness (or frequencies) without using extra bracing members. Then the structural characteristics of typical bracing svstems of parts of two temporary grandstands are studied. Following the proposed criteria, the bracing systems can be rearranged to provide a significant increase in lateral stiffness. The effects of misalignment or omission of bracing members are also considered. T. Ji and B.R. Ellis