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Structural Information | Wembley Stadium

Wembley Stadium AE 390 – Wembley Stadium, London

Structural Information As can be seen in the single line diagram (Figure 1), the loads will follow a large number of paths to the foundations below. Snow, live, and dead loads are all transferred through a complex web of steel and reinforced concrete to the base. The cross bracing at the interface between the roof structure and bowl, as well as reinforcing steel in the bowl help to resist the lateral load created by wind.

Figure 1 – Single line diagram showing the load paths through the building structure.

Figure 2 – Steel roof structure being erected during construction. This web of steel is used to channel the roof and snow loads to the outside of the bowl structure, in accordance with the “No obstructed view” requirement set by the client.

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Figure 3 – Aerial view of Wembley Stadium during steel roof erection. With no columns to the roof inside the stadium, a complex web of steel was used to channel loads out to the bowl edges.

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Pow ered by WordPress.com Figure 4 – This section shows the required sight lines set forth by the Football Association, as well as the

slope of the roof structure.

Figure 5 – BIM models of the stadium, showing stressing and design.

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Figure 6 – Seen in this figure are the pile locations used in the construction of Wembley Stadium. A number of pile cap layouts were utilized for this project, from 2-piles to 5-piles per pile cap. As can be seen at the Eastern Arch Base – there were 19 piles combined under one pile cap to the load from the 440 foot high 1040 foot long arch.

Figure 7 – This soils cross-section at the location of the Eastern Arch Base shows the layout of the 19 piles in the pile-cap. Also shown is the depth to which these piles were required to reach in order to the load created by the arch. Upon reaching the ground, the loads are dispersed into a series of 4000+ piles which stretch up to 45 meters (approx. 150 feet) into the earth (seen in Figures 6 & 7). This is required in order to reach soil that is suitable for ing the overall loads of the stadium. Structural Calculation Structural Analysis and Description Home Share this:

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