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Imema1ionalJoumalofOfYShorenndPolarEngineering
醗雌1Wもty聴暁柵M灘i鵬洲。rc過ndPol麺Enginccr,
FieldExperimentoflceDomeSpanning20~30Meters
TsutomuKokawa
DepartmentofArchitecture,SchoolofArtandTbchnologyHokkaidoTbkaiUniversity,Asahikawa,Hokkaido,Japan
ABSTRACT
Aimingatthe1℃alizati0nofalargeiceshelltobeusedIbravarietyofa1℃hitectural紺cilitiesinwinte喝experimental
studies⑪ficedomesspaming20~30mhavebeencarriedoutatTbmamusince1999.TW⑪neldstudiesofa20-m-span
icedome(17-mbasediameteramd6、5-mheight)we唾deveIopedinl999-00,Thesetestdomessh0wedahighstructural
e価cienC恥sointhewinterof2001theexperimentationwastakenastepfmrtherbycarryingoutafieldstudyfbcusing⑪n
boththeconstructionandcreeptest⑪fa30.m、spaniced0m母(25-mbasediameterand9、z-mheight).Based0nthefindings
fmmthesestudies,itcanbeconcludedthattheapplicati⑪n0fanicedomespfmning20~30msh⑪uIdbe従asibIe.
INTRODUCTION
Snowandfrigidconditionsenabletheapplicationofanice
shell,whichwouldprovideanefncientsolutiontocertainprob‐
lemscommonincoldandsnowyregions・Theshellisthin,and
itsstructuralmaterialisice、Anewtypeoficestructurebased
onmodemstructuralengineering,itcancoveranarealargerthan
theclaSsicsnow-icestructurcssuchastheJapaneseAα"】αAl”
ortheigloo・Itwassuggestedthatlheiceshell,asaconcept
inarChitecturaltechniqueincoldandsnowyregionsduringwin‐
ter,couldbeusedtocreateauniquebuiltenvironment(Kokawa,
1985).Sinceexperimentationintheconstructionoficeshellsfbr
architecturalspacebeganinTbmamu,Hokkaidoinl997(Kokawa
eta1.,2000),manyiceshellshavebeenmadefbractualuse,pro‐
vidingauniquebuiltenvironmentforvisitorsfbrabout3months
eachwinte砿Takingarchitecturalsafetyimoconsideration,thesize
ofthesesheIIshadbeenlimitedtonomorethanal5-mspan、
Howeve鴎extensivelyinterpretingtheresultsofthepastStudies,a
la屯eiceshellwithaspanbetween20mand30mwouldalsobe
possibletouseasanarchitecturalstructure・Andthen,twofield
studiesona20-m-spanicedome(l7-mbasediameterand6、5-m
height)werccarriedoutatthesamesiteinTbmamuinl999-00、
ThesetestdomesshowedahighstI・ucturalefYiciency・Follow‐
inglheexperimentswith20-m-spanicedomes,afieldstudyoI1
boththeconstructionandcにePtestofa30-m-spanicedome
(2S-mbasediameterand9、2-mheighI)wascalTiedoutaIIhe
sameplaceduringthewimerof2001,a爵sessingthepossibili【yof
itsrealizationfromtheaspectofarchitecturalengineering,Based
ontheresultsofthesestudies,itisconcludedthattheapplication
ofa20~30m-spanicedomefbranarchitccturalfacilitywould
bepracticabIe.
、ISOPEMembeに
RCCeivcdAugust9,2002;revisedmanuscriplreceivedbytheedik〕rs
September30,2002.TheoriginalverSionwassubmitteddirecIlyloIheJoumal、
KEYWORDS:20~30-m-Spanicedome・ハcldcxperlment,consIruclionIes【.c唾eptest,wimerarchitecture.N、B、:“30-mspan,,re肥rsIolhcdiameIcroflhemembranebaguScdintheibrmworkbefbreinfMIion.
SIMPLECONSIDERAmON
Accordingtothemembraneshelltheory,thecompressionstressattheapexofasphericalshell(witha30-mbasediameterand
l30oopenangle)underthedeadtypeofloading(icedensity
O、859/cm3)iscomputedas7・ON/cm2,whichcon℃spondstoaboutl/60thoftheuniaxiaIcomp雁ssivestrengthofice、Thus,
the30-m-spanicedomehasenoughst雁ngthtostand,lheoret‐
ically,ThisistherEasoningbehindthefieldexpenmentofthe
20~30-m-spanicedomeconcemingtheconstructiontechnique-
andthestructumlsafety,whichwassubsequentlyconducted.
OUTLINEOFCONSTRUCTIONMETHOD
The“"IaAⅨmandiglooareclassicsnow-icestructures,butil
seemsthatthesestmcturehaveneitherconstructionrationalitynor
structurale価ciencyinthecaseofalaIgespan,Ajhzma紬misa
lraditionalJapanesesnowhutwherechildrenplayhouseduring
theNewYearholidays;itisfbrmedbyscoopingoutsnowfi「om
asmallmoundofsnow、AniglooisasnowhutbuiltbyaITang‐
ingsnowblockshemispherically・Incontrast,theiceshelliscon‐
sIructedbylbllowingasimple,quickandeconomicalmethod:
1.buildingupthe3-dimensionalfbrmworkbyinHatinga
2-dimensionalmembranebagcoveredwithropesanchoredtothesnow-icefbundation.
2.coveringthemembranewithathinsnow-icesherbetlayer
(1cm)byblowingthemilledsnowwitharotarysnowblowe属
sprayingwaterwithahigh-pressureadjustablenozzle,thenletting
itfreezenaturallywheretemperaturesremainat-lOoC
3.repeatingtheapplicationofsnowandwateruntilthedesi肥d
shellthickness(l/IOO1hofIhespan)isreached,then肥moving
thebagandropesfbrreuse・
Theicequalityofthecompleteddomecanbejudgedsatisfactory
ifthe雁issufficientoutwardtransmissionoflightfromthelightedinterior.
FIELDTESTOF20-M-SPANICEDOME
Theoにtically,theuseofanicedomewithaspanbetween20
and30misfeasible・However,lheactualprooftestofanicedome
Ihislargehadnotbeendonebefbre,exceptfbrlheiieldexperi‐
mentofa20-m-spanicedomeinI985(KokawaandMurakami,
1986);moreworkwasnecesSarytodemonstrateitsstructuralreli‐
abililyfbruseasanarchi〔ecturalstructure・Thus、withaneye
ソ
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middlcparland2()cmatthebotLom,butlheactualthicknesswas
foundtobe12.5cm,17.9cmand18.4cmonaverage,I・esI)cc-
tively・Thciccwascomparativelythinalthebottombecauscof
Ihcsteepslopc・I1took2htoI・eachathickncssoflcminthis
construclion,takingatotalof36htoattaintheavel。agcthick-
nesso1.17.9cm・Displacementsandtcml〕el・atuI・esweremeasurcd
au[oma[icallybelweenFebruaryl2andMarch27・Fig.6shows
fi、omwhichpointsthesemeasurementsweI・etaken、Thehanging
method(Kokawa,1985)wascmployedillmcasuI・ingthedisplace‐
mentat211ocationsonthcinsidcsurfaccofthedome,Apro-
grammablcdfltaloggerl・ecordedthcchangcsautomaticallyat3-h
intcl・vals、Tbmpcl・alul.e1℃adingswerelakenatl-hintervals,using
aselfrecordinglhermometerin51ocations:lforexteriorail・tem-
peratu1℃,2ibI・interiorairtemperature,and2foricetemperaIurc・
Fig.7showstcmperature-timecurvesfortheentirepel・iod,
Figs,8and9showthedisplacemenl-1imecurves,Mostnotewor-
thyintheseIigul・esisthedramaticincreascindefbrmationh・om
March4to6,whenicetemperatul・esstayedclosetoOoCduring
aperiodol、warmerweatherandstl・()ngc1.sunlightatthebegin‐
ningofspl・ing・Duringtheothel・pcl・iods,lhestI・uctul・albehavior
wasslalionary,andlheaveI・agccI・cepdisplaccmcntof605was2、5~3.0mm/day,asshowninFig、8.
Thelhil・dcolumnofTablelaandbqualilativelyshowsthc1cm‐
pcraturesanddisplacementsduringthisperiod(3/4~3/7),andil
canbeseen(hatthenearlyOoCicetemperaturecausestheincrcasc
ofdefbl・Imti()n.Exceptfbrthispcriod,asshownin'mablelbol・Fig.9,thcslructuralbehaviorofthedomeisstable、although68and8I3atthcsouthsidearelal・gcl・thanthcother8、Concel・ningthcI・csulls()flheperiodsbefbreandanc1.3/4-3/7,aspreseI1ted
inTablcIb,displacementsduringthccaI・licl・pcriod,2/14~2/29、
inspileoI、itscoldertempcI・atul・esasshownin'nablela,wcI・c
largerthanduI・ingthelaterperiod,3/11~3/26,cxceptfbr8s・Fig.10showsthe2000domeqshighstructuralcfficiencycomparedlo
tha1ofthe、85dome、whichhadgeomelI・icalandmaterialimpe限
fections(Kokawaeta1.,1986).Aflel・theautomaticmeasurements
ended,theslructuralbehaviorwasvisually()bserveduntilthecol‐
lapse,whichoccurloedonApril4fbllowingtheappearancc()falal・gcde(bl・malion(Fig.11).
Fig.1lceshellsinTomamu(1999-00)
lowardthereliabililyofitsstI・ucIuralsafetyandimpl・ovementof
thcconstructiontechnique,twoiieldstudiesona20-m-spanice
dome6.5mhighwerecarricdoutatthcsamesiteinTomamu
inl999and2000・These1cstd()messhowedahighslructul・al
c「iiciencycomparedwilh(hcIirsltestdomeconstructcdinl985,
whichhadgeometl・icalandmalcl・ialimperfeclionsbecauseof
inexperienceinsnow-bl()wingoI〕Cl・ations・ThefollowiI1gdescribesIhcconstructionandcrecplcsloi、thcyear2000,ste馴一dome,and
concludesthata20-m-spanicedome,asana1℃hitecturalstructuI・e
duringwinterinHokkaido,is他asiblc・
Theconstructionpl・ocessisbl・ieHydescribedasfollows、Aner
Ihecompletionofthesn()w-icclWoundationring,wilhaninner
diameterofaboull7m,9()cmdepthandlmwidlh,aPVC
membranebagcovel・edwilhanetwasinHatedasshownillFig.2.
Fig.3showsthcl・eticulaI・patlcmoflhecoveredl・opcsbascdona
geodcsicdivision・Thepolypropyleneropewasl4mmindiam-
e1eI.,withanequallengIhofl、Smbetweennodes・TheccnU・al
hcightoftheinHatedformwol・kwasabou16.5m・Milledsnow
wascal・eMlyblownon[olhcmembI・anebyarolarysnow-bloweI・
wiIhamaximumblowingdistanceof22m,andwalcI・wascon‐
tinuouslysprayedontothcsnowusing6adjuslablenozzleswilhamaximumsprayingdistanccofl5mandatotalsprayingamount(){、601ilers/min・Fig.4showstheoutsideaiI・tcmpcI・atul・cdur-
iI1gthcapplicationo{・snowandwalel3Thecompletedd(〕mewasassumedtohaveal()40-cmradiusofcurvatuI・eandal72()-cm
basediameter、baseduponthcmcasurementofthcccntralheightandthcilmerdiameteratthcbasc・Fig.5showsthcshclllhick-ncssatthelocations・Theiccthickncssreadil狸wasunavailable
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ibl・thepartoftheshellwheI・ctheStyrofoammeasuI・illgstickswerecoatedwithsnowandwatel・sprayduringconstruction、Theintcndedshellthicknesswasl5cmatthetop,17.5cmatthc
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FIELDEXPERIMENTOF30-M-SPANICEDOME
Afieldstudyinvolvingtheconstructionandcreeptestofa30-m-spanicedome(25-mbasediameteE9、2-mheightand25-cm
averageicethickness)wascaITiedoutatthesamesiteduringthewinterof2001・Ittook6daystocompletetheconstruction・
Fbllowingtheconstruction,acreeptestwasperfbrmedandthe
structuralbehaviorexamined・Itwasfbundthattheaveragedis-
placementrateinthecentralpartsofthedomefromFebruaryl7toMarch23wasabout6.5mm/day,anditwasshownIhatthe
domehadasufficientstructuralefficiency・
TheconstructionprocessisbrieHydescribedasfbllows・Afierthecompletionofthesnow-icefbundationthathadabouta25-m
innerdiameterandl80-cmdepth,the2-DPVCmembranebag,30mindiameterandcovercdwithropeswithareticularpattem,wasinHated・Fig・l2showsthereticularpattemofthecovenngropesbasedonageodesicT1riacondivision8frequencies・The
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poIypropyleneropesweにl4mmindiamete喝andtheirlengths
weredeterminedbysphericaltrigonometry・Fig.’3showsthe
inHatedfbrmworkwithacentralheightofabout9.2m・Snow
andwaterwereappIiedfiFomtheeveningofFebruaryl2tothe
momingofFebruaryl6th(Fig.14).Using2snow-blowers,each
applicationwaskeptwithinathicknessoflcmFig,l5showstheapplicationofsnowandwater・One①40hoseand6①20
hoseswereusedfbrsprayingwaterontothemilledsnow・The
totalamountofwatersprayedwas240-2901iters/min、Usingthesmallerhoses,waterwassprayedcontinuouslyfrom5scaffblds
placedaroundthedome、Additionalwaterwassprayedinvarious
pIacesasneeded,usingthelaIgerhose・
ThedeHationofthemembranebagwasbegunat8am、on
FebruaIyl6、Fig.16showsaninsideviewduringthedenation,Ittookabout5h,afterwhichthemembranewasfbldedandremoved
iTomthedome・Fig・l7showstheexteriorviewofthecompletedicedome
lnordertoprove〔heactualpossibilityofapplica〔iontoan
architecturalstructureinthecaseofsuchalaIgeicedome,thestructuralpropertyofthecompletedicedomewasexamineduntil
itscollapse,whichocculTedonAprillO、AftertheautomaticmeasurementsweuEfinished,thestructuralbehaviorwasvisually
observeduntilthecollapse、Thentheresultsofthistestandthe
20-m-spanicedomein2000weにcompar℃。、AtthebeginningofthedeHation,themeasulcmentoficethick-
nesswastakenatthe51ocationsintheupperpartofthedome、
Asarcsult,therangewasfrom22cmto26cm・ReadingsweretakenfiromlOStyrofbamice-thicknessindicatorsinthemiddle
andlowerpartsofthedome,Itwasfbundthatthethicknesson
thewindwardsidewasfrom25to30cm,whiletheleewardside
wascomparativelythin,rangingfirom22to27cm,TheaveragelhicknessofthecompleteddomewastheninferTedtobeapprox-imately25cmlttook2htoachievel-cmicethicknessinthiS
experiment,takingatotalof56htocomplete・Displacementsandtemperatureswe肥automaticallymeasu1℃d
fromFebruaryl71oMa1℃h23.Fig.18shows5pointsfbrmea-surmgverticaldisplacementsand6pointsfbrmeasurmgtemper-atures(loutside,2inside,and3icetemperatuIcs).'nlble2showstheaveragetemperaturesduringtheperiod・
Figl9showsthemethodofmeasuringaverticaldisplacement、Althoughthismethodisbasicallythesameasthatofearlierexper迄iments(Kokawa,1985:Kokawaeta1.,1986),thedisplacementtransducers,DTP-5MDS(built-inrEeltype,measurablerangeupto5m)inthisfigure,areadiffercnttypefromthestrain-gaugetypeoftransducersusedintheexperimentsonsmallerdomes
rangingfrom5to20m,becausealalgerdefbrmationwaspre‐dictedinthecreepexperlmentofthis30-m-spanicedome、Fig.20showstheaveragedisplacement-timecurveofthe5points,whosedisplacementswercverysimilardurmgtherEcoIdingperiod,Accordingtothiscurve,aroughlyl50-mmdownwaIddisplace-mentfromMarch20to21,aroughlyl90-mmupwaIddisplace‐mentfromMarch21to22,andotherunexpectedlylalgechanges
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ofdisplacememoccuITedthroughouttherecordingperiod、How‐
ever,itisdoubtfUlthattheserEadings1℃Hectthetruedisplacement
behavio眼PossiblefactorsofinfluenceweIcinvestigated,suchas
thethermalexpansionoficeorthechain,temperature-induced
heightfluctuationsinthesnowfloorandthecrackneartheopen‐
ingofthedome,butthesefactorsdidnotseemtogiveanyrational
reasonfbrthePhenomenon、Inaddition,thedisplacementtrans‐
ducersweIctestedfbrtemperaturEinHuence・Itwasstillnotclear
whythechangesweresolaIge・Fig.20showstheaveragedaily
creepdisplacementderivedfromtheactualdatausingtheleast
squaIcmethodtofitthedisplacementcurvetoastraightline,The
slopeofthestraightlinerEprEsentingtheaveragecreepdisplace‐
mentwascomputedas6、5mm/day・Thisvaluecoincidesvery
wellwiththevalue5.4to7.2mm/daycalculatedfTomthemem‐
branesheIltheoryinconnectionwithMaxwell,slinearviscose
material,andthe3to4mm/dayintheexperlmentalstudyofthe
20-m-spanicedomedescribedabove、
AfterにmovingthedisplacementtransducersonMamh23,
thestructuralbehaviorwasvisuallyobserveduntilthedome,s
collapse・Fig.21showsthetemperature-timecurvesduringthe
period・Asseeninthisfigure,theoutsideairtemperatu1℃often
exceededOoCafterApri12.Accordingtoanon-siteobservemthe
weatherconditionspromotedtherapidmeltingoftheice,andthe
rushingsoundechoedinsidethedome・Then,fbllowing3co、‐
secutivedayswithanaverageairtemperatuIcofoverOoC,the
collapseoccurTcdonAprillO,ataboutlp.m.Theicequalityof
thebrokenplatesonthesouthsidewasverypoorduetosolar
damage、Althoughthebehaviorwas“brittla,,asalaIgedefbrma‐
tiondidnotappearbefbrethecollapse,thedomehelditsstmc‐
turalstability,consideringthewarmcondition・Clearlyうitwas
thesprmgweatherthatloweIedthequalityoftheiceplateand
4 / 6 4 州
l:00p.m.(AprillO)
Fig.21Tbmperature-timecurvebefbrEcollapse
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〃eノ〔ノ必V〕eノノ"e"/qノceDoノ"eS7〕α""j"g20~30Mど/eハs
綱4
CONCLUSION
AsarcsuI1oflheseexperiments、weal・eicdlolhcconclusioI1
1halalliccdomcsI〕anning20~30mcouldbcusedasanal・chi‐
IccUlI・alSlI・ucIure、Thiscollstructionme[hodoi・blowiI1gsnowand
slprayingwalerontoanail=inHatedmembraneasIbI・mwoI・kisvcry
praclicalfol・alargeiceShell,becauseitneeded()nly6daysIo
complelc、despitetheconsiderablesize・
ConsideI・inglheactualconstructionequipmenlsuchas(hc
snow-blowerandthea(ljustablenozzleft)rspl・ayingwaLeI.,thesizc
oI、lhciccdomcmaybelimited,fornow,toa30-mspan,How-
evcI.,ilwouldbepossibletoconslrucla40-m-spaniccdomcifthccquipmcnlwel・eavailable・ThePantheoI1inRomc,c〔)nsLI・uclcd
iI1abou(120A.D、andwellknownasoneofthebiggesl,classi-calsl()llcdomcs,hasabascdiamctcrofabou(4()m・lcciscasicr
l()manuIacturelhanslolle,andiIsstrength/densityiSgI・catcrthan
sloncinshol・t-tcl・mloading,soilshouldbeslructuI・allypossiblcl()l・calizcadomeofthissizeiniceaswellasslonc、Onthc()1hcr
hand,iccisa1ranslucenlmalerial,solheiceshellcI・catcsafan‐
las{ic,bcauIji,ulspaceprovidingquiteauniquebuilIcnvironmcnl
inwintcr、PaI・ticularlyinthecaseofalargespan,ilwillbcmore
impressiveaestheticallyandmoreusefilllbI・applicaIjontovari‐ouskindsofarchitecturalfacilities・
AI1iccdomespanning20~30misalargeiceshellol、unprece‐
dcnlcd馴zc、soitsstl・uctul・albehavioI・salldl・cliabililyarcnotfully
known、eventhoughthisexperimentwassuccessハlldul・ingthe
periodol,intendeduse.'Ibwardtherealizationofthc20~30m-
spanicedomefbI・ai・chitecturalstructuI.c,muchmorcconlinued
l・cscaI・chcoI1cemingthereliabilityofitSSU・uctul・alsametyandthe
iml)rovement()I、thcconstI・uctiontechniqucwillbencededtocon‐(inucinlhe「unlre.
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