EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN OF A SPATIAL LATTICE METAL STRUCTURE FOR COVERING AN INDUSTRIAL BUILDING
The article presents information on the development of a new technical solution for the spatially-barrel construction of the covering. The authors propose a metal three-dimensional lattice construction, assembled from corner sections using sheet shapes in knots. On the proposed solution the authors obtained a patent. To prove the validity of the previously stated assumptions about the properties of the future design, namely its reliability and safety, the authors carried out experimental design work. The proposed coating design was designed, manufactured and applied as a covering for a production building. After the installation of the roof experimental design tests were carried out by design load. The load was simulated by loading the cover with sandbags. During the tests the stresses were measured in the most important rods. The results of the measurements showed compliance with the calculated forecasts.