MECHANICS EMULATION AND ANALYSIS OF THE HESHI STUPA OF FAMEN TEMPLE DURING THE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS

The Heshi Stupa of Famen Temple consists of two towers leaning 36 of verticality in one direction.The two towers have the architectural characteristics of bending shape in space and a Xuyuan Bridge joining two leaning towers at the top.During the construction process of this complex structure different construction procedures will lead to different internal force and deformation distribution.There is a great difference in internal force and deformation distribution between the designed model and the step-by-step construction process,which should be considered in the structural design and construction.It is necessary to analyze the construction procedures in order to make reasonable construction measures and guarantee the safety of structure during the construction and let the internal force and deformation of the completed structure meet the requirements by designers.It is adopted nonlinear finite element method and considered all kinds of factors during the construction to analyze the construction procedures according to the real construction process in order to find the actual internal force and deformation and determine reasonable construction measures.Lots of results have been obtained as guidelines in theory for the design and construction.