Structural Engineering Slide Library

Shells: Folded plates

Thumbnail Image Image-GoddenE42 Church building. Designed as a folded plate concrete shell, structurally this building can be compared with the A-frame or the 3-hinged arch as the bending stiffness approaches zero at the apex and at the supports. (Las Vegas, Nevada)
Thumbnail Image Image-GoddenE43 Side view of the church building shows the arrangement of the folded plates. (Las Vegas, Nevada)
Thumbnail Image Image-GoddenE44 Motel building. The roof consists of a folded plate in reinforced concrete. This slide shows the front of the building and the roof spans from front to back. The folded plate motif used in the small canopy is architectural only and not used structurally as a long beam in the manner of the main roof. (St. Louis, Missouri)

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