Publisher's Synopsis
This volume aims to provide a comprehensive, up-to-date review of recent developments and practical achievements in the analysis, design and construction of large span domes. The book, written by an international team of authors who are experts in their respective fields, deals comprehensively with the various problems encountered by architects and structural engineers in the analysis, design and construction of braced domes. It contains detailed discussion of the exact and approximate methods of analysis of domes, the recent results of research investigations on dome stability, and the very novel concepts of formex algebra, which is especially suitable for the representation of configurations of complex braced domes.
