Superstructure of the National Museum of African American history and culture

Rebecca Laberenne; Guy J.P. Nordenson; Erich Oswald; Ninoslav Krgovic

doi:10.2749/222137917X14881938991366

Superstructure of the National Museum of African American history and culture

Rebecca Laberenne, Guy J.P. Nordenson, Erich Oswald, Ninoslav Krgovic

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The five-story above-grade structure of the new National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, DC, USA, features a number of unusual elements, including composite steel and concrete shear walls, a system of cantilevered and perimeter belt trusses, a glass and perforated cast metal façade hung from the top of the building and a longspan free-standing steel entrance canopy, all of which presented both technical analysis and construction challenges for the designers and contractors. The design intent and analysis of these elements is described in this paper.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	454-460
Number of pages	7
Journal	Structural Engineering International: Journal of the International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE)
Volume	27
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2749/222137917X14881938991366
State	Published - Aug 2017
Externally published	Yes

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

Civil and Structural Engineering
Building and Construction

Keywords

Blast loading
Cantilever
Composite shear wall
Plate girder
Steel truss
Vibration

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Superstructure of the National Museum of African American history and culture. / Laberenne, Rebecca; Nordenson, Guy J.P.; Oswald, Erich et al.
In: Structural Engineering International: Journal of the International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE), Vol. 27, No. 3, 08.2017, p. 454-460.

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