Systemic Behaviour of Plane Reciprocal Frame Structures

摘要

Reciprocal frame construction refers to a structural system that was developed first in eastern Asia in the 12th century. Short bar-shaped elements allow a surface to be spanned whose area is many times that of the length of the individual bars. In addition to the global geometry of the resulting surface, of particular interest is the interaction of forces between the individual bars that enables the load support and gives rise to the specific systemics of the overall structure. This paper intends to analyse these topics and the resulting possibilities.