Analysis of long span structure issues for airport terminal building

ivANALYSIS OF LONG SPAN STRUCTURE ISSUESFOR AIRPORT TERMINAL BUILDING(M.Sc. Thesis)Volkan ŞAŞMAZGAZİ UNIVERSITYINSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYFebruary 2007ABSTRACTIn today?s global world, air transportation sector becomes to be rapidlychanging and in a dynamic situation by the cause of the need of swiftness andreliableness in transportation. That?s why from the first day of flying act, airtransportation and background of transportation like aircrafts, terminals etc.have a faster evolution.Airports are one of the most pretentious areas in architectural world.Integration of architecture and technologic design becomes an experientialcharacter at airport terminal buildings. Terminal buildings should have abilitiesto control thousands of traveller?s movement from landside to airside andairside to landside, to handle baggage, to coordinate hundreds of aircraft?slanding and taking off in a comfortable and likely atmosphere. It is clear that,wide and roomy volumes are necessary to achieve complex and intensivefunctions. Different structural systems pass long span without column and coverbig areas, are used to solve like these problems at terminal buildings. Hence,more resistive, more rational and long life materials have been used in thesestructural systemsThe aim of this thesis is that, how material and procedure used in choice ofstructural systems will serve to cover long span volumes.vTypes of structural systems with steel material and details are researched onbased design and choice of structural systems criterias as comparative at theairports terminal buildings with long span structuresIt is researched to find out how today?s airport terminals cover long spans.After working system and scope is explained in preface section of thesis, airportterminal design concepts organize functional relations are explained. In thefollowing of thesis, airport terminal buildings properties from 1920?s to todayare explained, on based structural properties, structural system, materials andthree main different time effects evolution of airport terminalsIn chapter 4, four latest airport terminals have different design concepts areexplained how structural system steel material properties effect generation ofairport by making solutions to necessaries. In conclusion part, four airportterminal buildings are appraised and the advantages of using steel as astructural material are explained.Science Code : 804.1.099Key Words : Long span buildings, steel structures, airportsPage Number : 121Adviser : Prof. Dr. Ziya UTKUTUĞ