Investigation of the cross-section of the pantheon dome through catenary mechanism

Journal of the International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures

Volumn 52, Issue 167, 2011, Pages 19-23

  Goshima, Rihee ^a   Ohmori, Hiroshi ^b   Hagiwara, Nobuyuki ^a   Aoki, Nobuhiro ^c  

^a DAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Tokai Polytechnic College   (Japan)

Author keywords

Catenary arch; Double square; Empirical rule; Pantheon; Variational functional

Indexed keywords

CATENARY ARCH; DOUBLE SQUARE; EMPIRICAL RULE; PANTHEON; VARIATIONAL FUNCTIONAL;

ARCHES;

EID: 79955065938     PISSN: 1028365X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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