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Transparent shells : form, topology, structure / Hans Schober ; with the collaboration of Sven Plieninger [and three others].
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Schober, Hans, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Shells (Engineering).
- Structural engineering.
- Architecture.
- Domes.
- Shapes.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (256 pages) : colour illustrations.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Berlin, Germany : Ernst & Sohn, 2016.
- Summary:
- This text describes the design, detailing, and structural engineering of filigree, double-curved, and long-span glazed shells of minimal weights and ingenious details. Innovative, clear, and understandable geometric principles for the design of double-curved shell structures are explained in a practical manner.
- Contents:
- Introduction to shells
- History
- Design principle of grid shells
- Graphic design principles for grid shells with flat quadrilateral meshes
- Free formed grid shells
- Form-finding and optimisation of grid shells
- On the structural design of grid shells
- Built examples
- Holistic design : developments and outlook.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed February 5, 2016).
- ISBN:
- 9783433605998
- 3433605998
- 9783433606001
- 3433606005
- OCLC:
- 933524909
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