ELASTO-PLASTIC STABILITY ANALYSIS OF SINGLE LAYER LATTICED DOMES

A comprehensive parametric analysis of elasto-plastic stability behaviors of six kinds of real latticed domes with various geometric parameters were carried out in the present paper. Based upon geometrical and material nonlinear complete-process analysis, more than 3200 examples of latticed domes were analyzed by Finite Element Method software ANSYS and self-developed pre- and post-processing programs for critical elasto-plastic loads. The effects of initial imperfection, possible unsymmetrical distribution of loads and different supporting conditions, especially the effects of material nonlinearity on the critical loads of these kinds of domes were considered. Through the analytical results, the elasto-plastic stability behaviors of single-layer latticed domes are concluded, and guide-lines for the design of this structure is provided.