Proposta de uma estrutura tensegrity como obra de arte para a Unipampa Campus Alegrete

Abstract

The study of tensegrity structures is highlighted because they are light tensed structures and the peculiar shape they can assume. The present work proposes a work of art based on tensegrity for UNIPAMPA Campus Alegrete as a means of disseminating this type of structure to the community. To this end, first a facade of the UNIPAMPA Campus Alegrete buildings was defined where the structure could be fixed, then an artistic form was proposed based on geometric shapes and, using the ANSYS® software, the structure was numerically simulated and were thus defined the active efforts for the dimensioning of the elements that compose the structure. The self-weight loads of the elements and the prestressing load to be applied to the cables were defined, which ensured the rigidity of the structure. Possible wind loads acting laterally on the structure were considered. The tensions acting on each element were verified, and then the elements such as bars, cables and wall fixing elements were sized, proposing materials to be used in a possible future execution.