Hyperbolic Paraboloid Roof Design
The scotiabank saddledome arena has a hyperbolic paraboloid saddle roof calgary canada 1983.
Hyperbolic paraboloid roof design. Mass observation hyperbolic paraboloid roof documents a postwar modern structure in nottingham england that now houses a chain roadside restaurant. The hyperbolic paraboloid form has been used for roofs at various times since it is easily constructed from straight sections of lumber steel or other conventional materials. A hyperbolic paraboloid sometimes referred to as h p is a doubly curved surface that resembles the shape of a saddle that is it has a convex form along one axis and a concave form on along the other. Ink on a1 tracing paper.
It is also a doubly ruled surface that is every point on its surface lies on two straight lines across the surface. This paper concerns the design calculations and construction of a hyperbolic paraboloid steel shell structure used as a roof for an. The warszawa ochota railway station has a hyperbolic paraboloid saddle roof warsaw poland 1962. The iconic hyperbolic paraboloid roof and a great design soldano luth.
The hyperbolic paraboloid is a doubly ruled surface so it may be used to construct a saddle roof from straight beams. The term is used because the form resembles the shape of a saddle.