Suspended Roof for the Olympic Skating Arena, Nagano

The 18th Winter Olympics were held in February 1998 in Nagano, Japan, where the Olympic Memorial Arena was the venue for the speed skating competition. The arena, covering an area of 80 × 216 m, contains a 400 m speed-skating oval and seating for about 10,000 spectators. The most distinctive charact...

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Published inStructural engineering international : journal of the International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE) Vol. 8; no. 3; pp. 187 - 188
Main Authors Ban, Shigeru, Tsubota, Haruji, Motohashi, Shohei, Yoshida, Arata
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Zürich Taylor & Francis 01.08.1998
IABSE
Subjects
Applied sciences
Buildings
Buildings. Public works
Exact sciences and technology
External envelopes
Glued-laminated timbers
Olympic Memorial Arena (Nagano, Japan)
Recreation and sport facilities
Roof
Roof structures
Semi-rigid hanging roofs
Types of buildings
Wind load response
Design
Sports complex
Structural stability
Buildings
Construction parameter
Japan
Suspended roof
Skating rinks
Wind load
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Summary:The 18th Winter Olympics were held in February 1998 in Nagano, Japan, where the Olympic Memorial Arena was the venue for the speed skating competition. The arena, covering an area of 80 × 216 m, contains a 400 m speed-skating oval and seating for about 10,000 spectators. The most distinctive characteristic of the structure is its semi-rigid hanging roof that spans 80 m with a thickness of only 30 cm. The roof structure consists of fifteen suspended units, each composed of composite hanging beams with plywood panels fixed to them. Each composite beam is composed of two glued-laminated (glulam) timber beams sandwiching a steel plate.
ISSN:1016-8664
1683-0350
DOI:10.2749/101686698780489162