Structural analysis of Heinz Isler’s bubble shell

Eigenraam, P.; Borgart, A.; Chilton, John; Li, Q.

Abstract

This paper presents a detailed structural analysis of a bubble shell engineered by Heinz Isler. Through 3Dscanning the geometry of this shell structure has become available to the authors. Structural analysis has notbeen possible before since the geometry of the shell was not available. The bubble shell was Isler’s most builttype of shell. In the paperfirst the process of reverse engineering the geometry of the shell is described. Second,the effect of pre-stress in the edge beams is described. Third, the load distribution throughout the shell and themembrane behaviour relative to bending behaviour is assessed.

Citation

Eigenraam, P., Borgart, A., Chilton, J., & Li, Q. (2020). Structural analysis of Heinz Isler’s bubble shell. Engineering Structures, 210, Article 110265. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2020.110265

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Jan 20, 2020
• Online Publication Date: Feb 21, 2020
• Publication Date: 2020-05
• Deposit Date: Apr 17, 2020
• Publicly Available Date: Feb 22, 2022
• Journal: Engineering Structures
• Print ISSN: 0141-0296
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 210
• Article Number: 110265
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2020.110265
• Keywords: Civil and Structural Engineering
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/4301381
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