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Preferred term

Shell structures  

Definition

  • Use for curved enclosing structures, very thin in relation to their span, and depending for structural stability on actions that may be computed by membrane theory [AAT 94]

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • HYPERBOLIC PARABOLOID SHELL STRUCTURES
  • MEMBRANE STRUCTURES, SHELL STRUCTURES
  • ROOFS, SHELL
  • SHELL ROOFS
  • STRUCTURES, SHELL
  • TIMBER SHELL ROOFS

Notation

  • 113804

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URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-SJL9DRX5-B

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