Maraveas, C and Tsavdaridis, KD orcid.org/0000-0001-8349-3979 (2020) Strengthening Techniques for Greenhouses. Agriengeering, 2 (1). pp. 37-54. ISSN 2624-7402
Abstract
Steel greenhouse structures are generally constructed by individual sole contractors using quick empirical structural calculations (pre-engineered solutions). It is also common to import standard greenhouses from other countries, mainly from the Netherlands, Italy, and France, and sometimes from Great Britain and Israel. Evidently, these countries differ concerning the local wind and snow conditions. Therefore, there is a need for a better design of structures accepted as satisfactory, while installation can be done in a different location. Many greenhouse structures incorporating poor designs or inappropriate pre-engineered solutions are currently in use. At the same time, demolition and reconstruction represent a very expensive solution considering the loss of crop production and the demolition and construction costs; thus, strengthening is a reasonable alternative. This paper presents strengthening techniques for steel greenhouses that are code-deficient according to EN 13031 and Eurocodes. Consequently, two case studies are presented as typical applications of greenhouse structure strengthening.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
Keywords: | greenhouse; structural assessment; strengthening; Eurocodes; steel plates; FRP; bracing |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences (Leeds) > School of Civil Engineering (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 13 Jan 2020 13:52 |
Last Modified: | 13 Jan 2020 13:52 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | MDPI |
Identification Number: | 10.3390/agriengineering2010003 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:155520 |