General Information

Figure 1 shows a steel canopy roof.

Arrangement of Suspension Rods

Figure 2 shows the canopy roof viewed from below.

The roof structure consists mainly of transverse beams, a longitudinal front beam, four suspension rods (placed in pairs), purlins, and metal roofing sheets. The longitudinal and transverse beams are made of rectangular hollow sections, while the purlins and the suspension rods are made of square hollow sections. The transverse beams are connected to the RC balcony structure and the longitudinal front beam.
A suspension rod pair consists of a front (f) and a back (b) rod. The former are welded at the ends of the longitudinal front beam, while the latter are welded at the ends of a purlin. The back (building) connection of each rod pair (f and b) is located on an external RC column. Figure 3 shows a schematic three-dimensional view of the structure.

A transverse beam has a length of t ≅ 3 m, and a longitudinal beam has a length of l ≅ 8 m.