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Construction phase and operations of Culver City High School Auditorium in southern California are discussed; fan shaped concrete dome segment consists of 11 V-shaped precast sectors which in their final position subtend 159° and cover seating area for 1375 persons; structure was designed as system of radial thin plate arches acting in conjunction with buttress; sectors were precast in two stacks on site; arched superstructure was completed before backstage cylinder was started.
Construction phase and operations of Culver City High School Auditorium in southern California are discussed; fan shaped concrete dome segment consists of 11 V-shaped precast sectors which in their final position subtend 159° and cover seating area for 1375 persons; structure was designed as system of radial thin plate arches acting in conjunction with buttress; sectors were precast in two stacks on site; arched superstructure was completed before backstage cylinder was started.
Construction of buttressed dome segment
Am Concrete Inst -- J
Nasser, A.R. (author)
1964
12 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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