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Can somebody please tell me what units these values in the formula are?

I am now doing an analysis on spherical domes with fixed edges. I am quite confused on applying the formula for forces and moments in a spherical shell due to edge forces. please help.

Thank you. The derivation was not tough to follow. But I do have a question. Why does normal stress on all four sides of stress block has to be equal. I think hoop stress and meridian stress will have different values.

Membrane theory derivation is not hard to follow at all. I think I did get a little rusty. I will be soon designing an RC dome. Since it is going to be hemispherical ,there will not be any additional forces due to edge effects. But still I would like to know more about edge effects. I am...

I am going through the book "THIN SHELL CONCRETE STRUCTURES", Billington. It is quite good.

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There are a lot of video lectures for beam bending theory and classical plate bending theory, but there are almost none for theory of shells:nb)

yes,thank you. yup , i agree. That is a fuzzy question. I do understand the assumptions involved in membrane theory for designing a thin concrete shell structure. But i do not follow the derivation of it. I am doing my masters in structural engineering and I have never had classes in...

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I am working on a design of a spherical dome. I tried to understand membrane theory with no success.Can anyone please help me with an clear explanation to derivation of membrane theory of shells.