Nonlinear computation of a barrel vault

  • Marcel Van Laethem
  • Jacques de Coen
Conference paper
Part of the Lecture Notes in Engineering book series (LNENG, volume 26)

Abstract

A basic assumption for application of linear thin shell theory is that the ratio w/t should be tiny enough. Bringing a small contribution to the question “To what extent?” is our target.

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© Springer-Verlag Berlin, Heidelberg 1987

Authors and Affiliations

  • Marcel Van Laethem
    • 1
  • Jacques de Coen
    • 1
  1. 1.Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Louvain)LeuvenBelgium

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