Cathedral of Holy Trinity

Height of Cathedral of Holy Trinity is 101m, its volume together with entrance galleries is 137,000 cubic metres. Catherdal comprises 10 churches. Foundation slab beneath cathedral – solid reinforced concrete slab with thickness 100cm at elevation -12.5m. Framework and domes – monolithic reinforced concrete.

Design model: KAPITELI Ltd.
Architect: Archil Mindiashvili
Location: Tbilisi, Georgia

Structures:

Height of Cathedral of Holy Trinity is 101m, its volume together with entrance galleries is 137,000 cubic metres. Catherdal comprises 10 churches.
Foundation slab beneath cathedral – solid reinforced concrete slab with thickness 100cm at elevation -12.5m. Framework and domes – monolithic reinforced concrete.

Analysis is carried out on static and earthquake loads

Number of unknowns 81156
Matrix bandwidth 74297
Number of elements 21002
Number of nodes 14548
Number of load cases 7
Number of active masses 39495
Time for analysis 5.43 min

The following authours took part in the process of project approval in 1994: A.Mindiashvili, E.Kiziriya, Z.Okroshidze, L.Kurtanidze, V.Demetrashvili. Preliminary analyses were carried out in ‘LIRA-PK_2’ program. Later, the following leading specialists joined the team for analysis and evaluation of data: A.Lebanidze, K.Odishvili, D.Giginejshvili. Analyses were carried out in LIRA-Windows (versions 5.3, 8.0, 8.2 and 9.0).