EFFECTIVE STRUCTURE OF A WOODEN RESIDENTIAL BUILDING IN THE FORM OF A GEODESIC DOME WITH A UNIVERSAL CONNECTOR

Since the middle of the twentieth century, a new architectural solution has been spherical shells broken down into elements by geodesic lines – circles with radii equal to the radius of the sphere. A geodesic dome is a dome made of a spherical polyhedron with an optimally distributed arrangement of vertices and edges tending to a perfect sphere. Using the technical capabilities of computer design, digital models of the layout and calculation of geodesic domes became available. It is possible not only to calculate multi-mesh network layouts with high accuracy, but also to automate the design. At the same time, it cannot be said that the optimal system has already been obtained and studied. The issues of optimal shaping, taking into account a simple universal connector and confirmation of theoretical results by field tests, remain not fully studied. Development of the design of a mesh wooden house in the form of a geo dome with optimal parameters of the geodetic network and nodal connections of the frame elements using a universal connector is the theme of this publication. The proposed form of division is a fullerene polyhedron describing a sphere and consisting of five and hexagonal faces. The dome polyhedron is built on the basis of the icosahedron. The number of partitions of vertices and edges that make up the split edge ‒ the frequency, is chosen equal to 3. The first class of partitioning by the "equal chords" method is adopted. The proposed universal connector for connecting parts of building structures at any angle and a method of mounting building structures using a universal connector. As a result of introduction of new technical decisions we receive essential simplification of a design, reduction of quantity of its components, at the same time increase of its manufacturability and providing an opportunity to connect details of building designs in an end face at any angle.