Contenido Transparent Shells.Form, Topology, Structure

This book describes the design, detailing and structural engineering of filigree, double-curved and long-span glazed shells of minimal weights and ingenious details.

Table of contents

Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgements
About the author
With the collaboration of

1 Introduction to shells

Designing shells

2 History

Historical examples

3 Design principle of grid shells

Development of the design principle
Construction of the grid shells in Neckarsulm and in Hamburg

4 Graphic design prionciples for grid shells with flat quadrilateral meshes

Graphic design principles for translational surfaces
The barrel vault as simplest translational surface
Surface of revolution
Domes as translational surfaces
Hyperbolic paraboloid with flat quadrilateral meshes
Skew translation
Graphic design principle for scale-trans surfaces
Lamella surfaces with flat quadrangular meshes
Scaling of double-curved surfaces with flat quadrangular meshes
Application for spatial sheet metal constructions
Application for formwork in concrete construction

5 Free formed grid shells

Grid shells with flat quadrangular meshes based on free-forms
Grid shells with warped quadrangular meshes
Combination of flat quadrangular and triangular meshes

6 Form-finding and optimisation of grid shells

Form-finding on the inverted hanging model
Form-finding with membrane elements
Form-finding based on dynamic relaxation and the force density method
Holistic form-finding usind shape optimisation

7 On the structural design of grid shells

Structural analysis of glazing
Analysis of the structure

8 Built examples

List of glazed shells
Node connections

9 Holistic design - developments and outlook

Bibliography
Bibliogrphy on projects
List of projects
Picture credits