Don't Laugh...Anyone ever been asked to design a Yurt??
Don't Laugh...Anyone ever been asked to design a Yurt??
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Has anyone ever been asked to design a yurt? I have a client that needs a certified design on a yurt. The building department is requireing a sealed set of drawings. The building is 30' in diameter. I am having a little trouble with the wind loading and the whole wall system. Google Yurst and look at the wall system its made of 1"x2" crossing members pinned together....Would you look at doing this kind of design?






RE: Don't Laugh...Anyone ever been asked to design a Yurt??
You may be faced with the classic problem of trying to prove that something that works and has long term performance can be rationalized and meet the current code requirements. Much depends on whether you have to be authentic or can adjust the design to comply with current design methods/practices.
If you see any photos, be aware that some of the interior elements may be more ornamentation than structurally functional. Yurts were originally a temporary structure (centuries ago), but the one I was in (Mongolia) had been there for over 150 years.
Dick
RE: Don't Laugh...Anyone ever been asked to design a Yurt??
RE: Don't Laugh...Anyone ever been asked to design a Yurt??
RE: Don't Laugh...Anyone ever been asked to design a Yurt??
RE: Don't Laugh...Anyone ever been asked to design a Yurt??
RE: Don't Laugh...Anyone ever been asked to design a Yurt??
RE: Don't Laugh...Anyone ever been asked to design a Yurt??
If you can find that article then it may point you in the right direction with regards to design method.
Possible you could analyse it as a tube and then convert the tube stresses into loads on the slats.
A bit of lateral thinking and first principles required, but I can visualise how it could be done.
RE: Don't Laugh...Anyone ever been asked to design a Yurt??
akastud
RE: Don't Laugh...Anyone ever been asked to design a Yurt??
If you're dealing with an existing structure which has (past-tense) already survived for quite some time, the Canadian Building Digest's CBD-230 may be your answer. It is essentially a guideline on how to rationally argue that your building is "field tested", assuming an undeteriorated condition of the structural system. Available online at: irc.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/pubs/cbd/cbd230_e.html
Now, you COULD argue along similar lines regarding the performance of such a system given the long, well extablished, record of performance of these buildings on the stepps. However any building official who questions you automatically wins as you will have no real evidence of the long term in-service behaviour without doing alot more research.
Good luck!
YS
P.S. Love a challenge, and this would be great. That said, and along the lines of akastud's comment, I'd be charging by the hour!
B.Eng (Carleton)
Working in New Zealand, thinking of my snow covered home...
RE: Don't Laugh...Anyone ever been asked to design a Yurt??
Can't help you on the design, per se, but they've been around a lot longer than any of your city building inspectors!!!
RE: Don't Laugh...Anyone ever been asked to design a Yurt??
RE: Don't Laugh...Anyone ever been asked to design a Yurt??
My wife (an architect turned SAHM) keeps saying we should build a yurt to live in. I think she became interested while in china as well. I'll have to ask her where she was.
Wes C.
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RE: Don't Laugh...Anyone ever been asked to design a Yurt??
Not almost anymore!
RE: Don't Laugh...Anyone ever been asked to design a Yurt??
You could probably ask the folks at Pacific Yurts Inc.
http://www.yurts.com/what/faq.aspx#building
Here's an interpretive ruling in a county in Oregon that might be of interest to you...
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RE: Don't Laugh...Anyone ever been asked to design a Yurt??
Richard A. Cornelius, P.E.
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RE: Don't Laugh...Anyone ever been asked to design a Yurt??