Portal Frame: Grace Henry & Midhuna Suresh
Portal Frame: Grace Henry & Midhuna Suresh
Portal Frame: Grace Henry & Midhuna Suresh
Grace Henry
&
Midhuna Suresh
Driven by the need to
achieve low-cost
building envelope.
They are usually made
from steel, but can also
be made from concrete
or timber.
Portal frames can be defined as two-dimensional
rigid frames that have the basic characteristics
of A rigid joint between column and beam.
Mono-pitch portalframe
It is a simple variation of the pitched
roof portal frame, and tends to be
used for smaller buildings (up to 15 m
span).
Propped portalframe
Where the span of a portal frame is large
and there is no requirement to provide a
clear span, a propped portal frame can be
used to reduce the rafter size and also the
horizontal shear at the foundations.
Rebottling Plant,
Hemswell
Mansard portalframe
A mansard portal frame may be
used where a large clear height at
mid-span is required but the eaves
height of the building has to be
minimised.
Shown here is a
ridge joint or apex
joint.
It is Important that
this joint is strong
hence the use of
wedge shaped
pieces called gusset
pieces to strengthen
and increase the
bolt area.
Again the knee joint must be strong to
support the roof loads and prevent bending. Knee joint for
Gusset pieces will be used to increase Portal Frame
strength, give greater bolt area and prevent
deflection under load.
Diagonal bracing
for Portal Frame
Subject to corrosion
Constructio
n method
Foundation in
situ concrete,
concrete slab
Column installation
Pinned
base.
From left
to right.
Rafter installation
Rigid
connection
Haunches and
stiffener
installed
Purlin and girt installation
Bracing
installation
Sheet installation
Final design- crane installation