TY - JOUR 
A1 - Tomás Espín, Antonio
AU - Tovar Peñaranda, Juan Pedro
T1 - The influence of initial geometric imperfections on the buckling load of single and double curvature concrete shells
Y1 - 2012
SN - 0045-7949
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10317/3060
AB - Several traditional methods are available to address the problem of instability in concrete shells, usually by means of curves representing the influence of the initial geometric imperfections in the buckling load
for simple geometries (spheres and cylinders). Although some revisions of these methods have been made, new curves for other geometries have not been stated. In this study, the imperfection sensitivity
factor in shell structures with different geometries (spherical dome, barrel vault, and double-curvature ruled surface) is determined graphically. This graphical method is useful to the designer in the early
stages of the design of shell structures when dimensioning.
KW - Imperfection sensitivity factor
KW - Buckling
KW - Concrete shells
LA - eng
PB - Elsevier Science
ER -