Design process for prototype concrete shells using a hybrid cable-net and fabric formwork

Engineering Structures

Volumn 75, Issue , 2014, Pages 39-50

  Veenendaal, Diederik ^a   Block, Philippe ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cable net; Fabric formwork; Flexible formwork; Form finding; Shape optimization; Shell structure

Indexed keywords

CABLE SUPPORTED ROOFS; CABLES; CONCRETES; SHAPE OPTIMIZATION; SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

CABLE NETS; COMPUTATIONAL DESIGN; FORM FINDING; FORMWORK; LARGE-SPAN ROOFS; PRESTRESSING FORCES; PROOF OF CONCEPT; SHELL STRUCTURE;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

CONCRETE STRUCTURE; DESIGN; OPTIMIZATION; SHELL;

EID: 84902329590     PISSN: 01410296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2014.05.036     Document Type: Article

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