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Pan American hangar at New York International Airport has three story center section 100 ft wide and 630 ft long, and folded plate, cable supported, post tensioned roof slab extending 130 ft from each side of center section; clearance under roof at hinge is 35 ft, rising to 53 ft at outer end; 30 ft high walls spaced 30 ft on centers carry ties across their top for cables supporting hangar roof.
Pan American hangar at New York International Airport has three story center section 100 ft wide and 630 ft long, and folded plate, cable supported, post tensioned roof slab extending 130 ft from each side of center section; clearance under roof at hinge is 35 ft, rising to 53 ft at outer end; 30 ft high walls spaced 30 ft on centers carry ties across their top for cables supporting hangar roof.
Forms for cable suspended hangar roof
Civ Eng (NY)
Prokop, C.J. (author)
Civil Engineering ; 27
1957
4 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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