摘要：We investigated the structural behavior and bearing capacity of system *** research showed that the critical load of a system scaffold structure without diagonal braces is similar to that of a door-shaped steel scaffold *** stiffness between vertical props in system scaffolds can be defined based on a comparison between analytical and experimental *** the number of scaffold stories increases,the critical loads of system scaffolds *** braces markedly enhance the critical load of system *** coupling joint position between vertical props should be kept away from story-to-story joints to prevent a reduction in critical *** critical load of a system scaffold decreases as the quantity of extended vertical props at the bottom of the structure increases.A large Christmas tree set up by system scaffolds under various loads was used as an example for analysis and to check the design of system scaffolds.