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Pneumatic Formwork for Irregular Curved Thin Shells

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Textile Composites and Inflatable Structures II

Part of the book series: Computational Methods in Applied Sciences ((COMPUTMETHODS,volume 8))

Abstract

After studying the historical background, the suitability of pneumatic formworks for the construction of irregular curved thin shells was examined, as an answer to modern double curved architecture. Part of the study is the design of the pneumatic formwork for an irregular curved thin concrete shell. Several measures to obtain the required shape were studied with a membrane engineering program. Guidelines for the design of pneumatic formwork are derived.

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  1. Department of Civil Engineering, Structural Design Lab, Delft University of Technology, P.O. Box 5048, 2600 GA, Delft, The Netherlands

    Petra C. van Hennik

  2. Department of Civil Engineering, Laboratory of Building Engineering, Delft University of Technology, P.O. Box 5048, 2600 GA, Delft, The Netherlands

    Rogier Houtman

  3. Tentech Design & Engineering, P.O. Box 85190, 3508 AD, Delft, The Netherlands

    Rogier Houtman

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  1. International Center for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE), Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain

    Eugenio Oñate

  2. Institut für Statik und Dynamik der Luft- und Raumfahrtkonstruktionen (ISD), University of Stuttgart, Germany

    Bernard Kröplin

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van Hennik, P.C., Houtman, R. (2008). Pneumatic Formwork for Irregular Curved Thin Shells. In: Oñate, E., Kröplin, B. (eds) Textile Composites and Inflatable Structures II. Computational Methods in Applied Sciences, vol 8. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6856-0_7

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