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267-ft diam roof of new fieldhouse of University of Wichita, Kans, is framed of structural steel and is first steel lamella dome in United States; dome was designed as analogous to thin walled shell; rib trusses and ring girders are 39 in. deep; erection of roof which is made up of 12 identical pie shaped sections, connecting to trussed girder ring on outside, and to compression ring at center.
267-ft diam roof of new fieldhouse of University of Wichita, Kans, is framed of structural steel and is first steel lamella dome in United States; dome was designed as analogous to thin walled shell; rib trusses and ring girders are 39 in. deep; erection of roof which is made up of 12 identical pie shaped sections, connecting to trussed girder ring on outside, and to compression ring at center.
Spherical lamella dome built in Wichita
Civ Eng (NY)
Stevens, D.E. (author)
Civil Engineering ; 26
1956
2 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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