Analysis on accumulated deformation and stress of the steel roof of Beijing Opera House during construction

Abstract

This paper aims to study the stress and deformation of large steel structure buildings in the actual construction process. Midas Gen finite element software is used to simulate and analyze the whole construction process of the curved reticulated shell roof, the peripheral steel columns and the permanent support. The stress and deformation results of the structure in the final construction state are compared with those in the design state under one-time loading. The results show that, in the final construction state, the maximum tensile stress and the maximum compressive stress are 1.9 times and 2.0 times of that in the design state under one-time loading respectively, which is very significant. When the design model is loaded with weight at one time, the maximum tensile stress and the maximum compressive stress of the structure both appear near the opening of the steel roof, while in the final construction state, the maximum tensile stress of the structure appears near the boundary frame beam, and the maximum compressive stress appears on the main ridge beam. The maximum vertical displacement of the structure in the final construction state is 2.0 times of that when the design model is loaded at one time. The maximum vertical displacement of the design state appears near the opening of the steel roof, while the maximum vertical displacement of the structure in the final construction state appears on the main ridge beam. In view of the above, the effective guidance for the construction of steel roof structure is provided in this paper to ensure the safety of the structure.