Unloaded prestressed shell formed from a closed surface unattached to any supports
Paper in proceeding, 2019
In this paper we attempt to begin to answer the question, ‘under what conditions can an unloaded shell formed of a closed surface unattached to any supports contain a state of membrane stress which can be induced by prestressing?’ We show that a sphere cannot be prestressed, but a torus can be.
unloaded prestressed shell
force surface
moment surface
torus
Author
Alexander Sehlström
Chalmers, Architecture and Civil Engineering, Architectural theory and methods
Christopher John Kenneth Williams
Chalmers, Architecture and Civil Engineering, Architectural theory and methods
Form and Force - IASS Symposium 2019 and Structural Membranes 2019
Vol. 2019 167-174
978-841211010-4 (ISBN)
Form and Force - 60th Anniversary Symposium of the International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures IASS Symposium 2019
Barcelona, Spain,
Barcelona, Spain,
Subject Categories
Architectural Engineering
Applied Mechanics
ISBN
9788412110104