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Large "shell" dome
Doubly curved 125×125 ft concrete shell, built in Wimbledon, England, to cover two tennis courts, is supported by four concrete columns; stress analysis and design of shell; expanded metal formwork instead of timber used for roof; boundary members were tied arches, ties comprising prestressing cables placed in ducts; grouting of prestressing of roof detailed; columns are provided with roller bearings, and supported on friction piles.
Large "shell" dome
Doubly curved 125×125 ft concrete shell, built in Wimbledon, England, to cover two tennis courts, is supported by four concrete columns; stress analysis and design of shell; expanded metal formwork instead of timber used for roof; boundary members were tied arches, ties comprising prestressing cables placed in ducts; grouting of prestressing of roof detailed; columns are provided with roller bearings, and supported on friction piles.
Large "shell" dome
Concrete Constr Eng
1958
7 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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Principles of concrete shell dome design
| Engineering Index Backfile | 1938
Principles of concrete shell dome design
| Engineering Index Backfile | 1938
Principles of concrete shell dome design
| Engineering Index Backfile | 1938
Principles of concrete shell dome design
| Engineering Index Backfile | 1938