Steel Buildings in Europe

Part 2: Concept Design 2 - 16 Figure 2.3 Portal frame structure using curved cellular beams 2.3 Motorway Service station, Winchester, UK Cellular beams provide an attractive solution for long span public spaces, as in this motorway service restaurant in Winchester, UK, shown in Figure 2.4. The 600 mm deep doubly curved cellular beams spanned 18 m onto 1,2 m deep cellular primary beams that spanned 20 m between H section columns. The cellular beams also provided for service distribution above the kitchen area. Figure 2.4 Double curved cellular beams and primary beams