Does anyone know what these portal frames are called in the US?
Does anyone know what these portal frames are called in the US?
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Hi everyone,
I'm a civil engineer who recently ran into a couple of interesting types of portal frames used in Germany. I've been trying to figure out if these are used in the US at all, and what they are called, but all my colleagues have been equally stumped. I have attached a very simple drawing showing each one of them. With my basic German, I can infer that they are called (in German) single-hip and double-hip frames, but for the life of me I can't recall having ever seen them in the US in any application, and was wondering what they would be called here, if anything. I'm afraid I'm too used to seeing rigid frames and two and three-hinged frames.
Thank you for your time,
Robert Ferrano
PS. There's also a peculiar type of pad foundation that they use (I recently had a meeting with a group of German civil engineers who are working on a project, which is how I came across these things): http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%B6cherfundament. It's basically a reinforced concrete pad footing with a socket base that absorbs bending moments and holds the column in place during building. My German colleagues called it a "sleeve foundation," but I've never heard that used in the US. Does anyone know what we call these?
I'm a civil engineer who recently ran into a couple of interesting types of portal frames used in Germany. I've been trying to figure out if these are used in the US at all, and what they are called, but all my colleagues have been equally stumped. I have attached a very simple drawing showing each one of them. With my basic German, I can infer that they are called (in German) single-hip and double-hip frames, but for the life of me I can't recall having ever seen them in the US in any application, and was wondering what they would be called here, if anything. I'm afraid I'm too used to seeing rigid frames and two and three-hinged frames.
Thank you for your time,
Robert Ferrano
PS. There's also a peculiar type of pad foundation that they use (I recently had a meeting with a group of German civil engineers who are working on a project, which is how I came across these things): http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%B6cherfundament. It's basically a reinforced concrete pad footing with a socket base that absorbs bending moments and holds the column in place during building. My German colleagues called it a "sleeve foundation," but I've never heard that used in the US. Does anyone know what we call these?






RE: Does anyone know what these portal frames are called in the US?
RE: Does anyone know what these portal frames are called in the US?
I once used those "L" shaped pieces, where the moment connection was made in a temporary building, on the site and then the pieces taken to the place and with four of them we made a square structure, then another, linked them with beams, and continued with this till we had a pipe rack. It was a way to keep working in an area with constantly changing, always bad, weather.
Michael.
Timing has a lot to do with the outcome of a rain dance.
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RE: Does anyone know what these portal frames are called in the US?
paddingtongreen: I thought three-hinged portal frames always had the third hinge at the ridge. Am I wrong here?
RE: Does anyone know what these portal frames are called in the US?
Mike McCann
MMC Engineering
Motto: KISS
Motivation: Don't ask
RE: Does anyone know what these portal frames are called in the US?
RE: Does anyone know what these portal frames are called in the US?
Personally, for the "Rigid Frame" shown, I would term it more of a rigid "bent" than a frame. But that's just me and being around the PEMB industry for a while.
I also checked the "Data Book For Civil Engineers" by Edwin E. Seelye, but found nothing there.
Mike McCann
MMC Engineering
Motto: KISS
Motivation: Don't ask
RE: Does anyone know what these portal frames are called in the US?
What do you mean by "wind moment frame buildings"? Why can't they have more than one rigid joint?
I think when most folks talk about rigid frames, they mean indeterminate frames, but the frames posted by RobF are determinate, thus probably leading to paddington's comparison to a three pinned arch.
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Just an inverted "L", pinned at both ends.
Mike McCann
MMC Engineering
Motto: KISS
Motivation: Don't ask
RE: Does anyone know what these portal frames are called in the US?
Lookin at your explanation in your other post...., If the Germans call those single hip and double hip, sorta relating them to our left hip and our right hip, what do they call that long stiff one in the middle?
RE: Does anyone know what these portal frames are called in the US?
Mike McCann
MMC Engineering
Motto: KISS
Motivation: Don't ask
RE: Does anyone know what these portal frames are called in the US?
RE: Does anyone know what these portal frames are called in the US?
RE: Does anyone know what these portal frames are called in the US?
Michael.
Timing has a lot to do with the outcome of a rain dance.
RE: Does anyone know what these portal frames are called in the US?
RE: Does anyone know what these portal frames are called in the US?
http://mathemati.ca/home.html
An arch made from straight pieces.
Michael.
Timing has a lot to do with the outcome of a rain dance.
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this type of foundation were very common for precast concrete columns in Germany (see Prof. Leonhardt books). Taking this into account, I supposed that this frames were built with precast concrete beams and columns. This could explain the "zweihüftig" frame. The second stage moment-connection between the beams and the central column is easy to solve, this is not the case of the extreme connections. Regarding the "einhüftig" frame im agree with paddingtongreen. I only add that the L-shaped element is feasible when its weight isn´t very high (because of transportation and erection). Regards,
Sebastian
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Just because there are L and T pieces shown doesn't mean that is the way they are transported. There can be site moment connections, either welded or bolted.
Michael,
Your link didn't open for me. I googled "Rainbow Bridge", and found several with that name.
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This time it opened. Nice description.
RE: Does anyone know what these portal frames are called in the US?
The right hand one I have seen used very succesfully in a tily up building using concrete panels as the outer columns and a stiff central column with a haunch over.