A novel form finding method for fabric formwork for concrete shells

Journal of the International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures

Volumn 52, Issue 170, 2011, Pages 217-224

  Mele, Tom Van ^a   Block, Philippe ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Concrete shells; Force Density Method; Form finding; Pre stressed membrane formwork; Thrust Network Approach

Indexed keywords

CONCRETE SHELLS; FORCE DENSITY METHODS; FORM FINDING; PRE-STRESSED; THRUST NETWORK APPROACH;

CONSTRUCTION; SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 84855777841     PISSN: 1028365X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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