Ebook: An Introduction to Shell Structures: The Art and Science of Vaulting

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Domes: Their Morphological Significance....Pages 3-11
Domes: From Ancient to Islamic....Pages 13-55
Domes from the Romanesque to the Present....Pages 57-88
Dome Technologies....Pages 89-111
Front Matter....Pages 113-113
Thin Shells....Pages 115-127
Selected Shapes of Shells....Pages 129-142
Significant Examples of Concrete Shells in the Twentieth Century....Pages 143-194
Construction Aspects of Shells....Pages 195-222
Computer Analysis of Shells and Domes....Pages 223-238
Front Matter....Pages 239-239
Empirical Design of Masonry Vaulting....Pages 241-247
Spherical Shells....Pages 249-257
Barrel Shells....Pages 259-270
The Design of Hyperbolic Paraboloids....Pages 271-293
Front Matter....Pages 295-295
Trussed Domes....Pages 297-325
Computer Analysis of Trussed Domes....Pages 327-339
Epilogue....Pages 341-342
Errata....Pages 429-429
Back Matter....Pages 343-428

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Domes: Their Morphological Significance....Pages 3-11
Domes: From Ancient to Islamic....Pages 13-55
Domes from the Romanesque to the Present....Pages 57-88
Dome Technologies....Pages 89-111
Front Matter....Pages 113-113
Thin Shells....Pages 115-127
Selected Shapes of Shells....Pages 129-142
Significant Examples of Concrete Shells in the Twentieth Century....Pages 143-194
Construction Aspects of Shells....Pages 195-222
Computer Analysis of Shells and Domes....Pages 223-238
Front Matter....Pages 239-239
Empirical Design of Masonry Vaulting....Pages 241-247
Spherical Shells....Pages 249-257
Barrel Shells....Pages 259-270
The Design of Hyperbolic Paraboloids....Pages 271-293
Front Matter....Pages 295-295
Trussed Domes....Pages 297-325
Computer Analysis of Trussed Domes....Pages 327-339
Epilogue....Pages 341-342
Errata....Pages 429-429
Back Matter....Pages 343-428
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