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From:
http://www.steelconstruct.com/shells/
This photograph shows a series of cylindrical shells resting on intermittant supports.
This book gives the structural engineer who designs metal shell structures an extensive insight into the most recent regulatory rules that govern their design. It is also a vital document for all researchers working on the buckling of shells. The book has a close relationship to the Eurocode on Shell Strength and Stability (EN 1993‑1‑6, 2007), reproducing many of the provisions of that standard, and providing extensive commentaries to explain the sources, background and concepts behind the rules. It extends the coverage to other shell structures that are outside the scope of the hand design rules in this standard, as well as providing additional commentaries to assist the advanced designer or researcher. Finally, designers who seek to use finite element analyses in the design of their shell structures will find this book of very great value.
Description of the book:
Metal shell structures have a very wide range of civil engineering applications, from towers, masts, wind turbine towers and chimneys to large storage vessels such as silos, tanks and biodigesters, as well as in pile foundations and harbour wall structures. A shell structure delivers great strength for a limited amount of material, and is highly optimised for each specific application. But this efficiency and optimisation brings with it both a susceptibility to buckling failures and the most complex behaviour of any class of structure. This book provides the designer with a comprehensive guide to the structural design of large metal shells, using either algebraic treatments or computer calculations of various complexities. It is closely based on the world’s leading standard on shell structural design, Eurocode 3 Part 1.6 (EN 1993-1-6), which includes extensive generic rules for all metal shells. This book provides an essential background and explanation of the rules, and extends them significantly. Using this book, the designer can confidently design large metal shells for a wide range of civil engineering applications.Metal shell structures have a very wide range of civil engineering applications, from towers, masts, wind turbine towers and chimneys to large storage vessels such as silos, tanks and biodigesters, as well as in pile foundations and harbour wall structures. A shell structure delivers great strength for a limited amount of material, and is highly optimised for each specific application. But this efficiency and optimisation brings with it both a susceptibility to buckling failures and the most complex behaviour of any class of structure. This book provides the designer with a comprehensive guide to the structural design of large metal shells, using either algebraic treatments or computer calculations of various complexities. It is closely based on the world’s leading standard on shell structural design, Eurocode 3 Part 1.6 (EN 1993-1-6), which includes extensive generic rules for all metal shells. This book provides an essential background and explanation of the rules, and extends them significantly. Using this book, the designer can confidently design large metal shells for a wide range of civil engineering applications.
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