UNIVERSITY OF TRIPOLI

FACULITY OF ENGINEERING
CIVIL ENGINEERING DEPRTMENT

THEORY OF SHELLS
CE608

ASSIGNMENT # 02

E. Abdelmalik E. Sufia
2115112

DR. A. Elarbi

spring 2017
1) using the membrane theory, solve the multi shell structure shown in figure 1.
Assume that a0=450,dead load q=4 KN/m2.

a) Spherical Domes.

= [ ] ; a = 42 , q = 4 KN/m2
(1+cos)

1
= [ ]
(1+cos)

cos N N
0 1 -11.313 -11.313
5 0.9961 -11.335 -11.206
10 0.9848 -11.400 -10.883
15 0.96592 -11.509 -10.346
20 0.93969 -11.665 -9.597
25 0.9063 -11.869 -8.637
30 0.86602 -12.125 -7.469
35 0.8191 -12.438 -6.096
40 0.766044 -12.812 -4.521
45 0.707106 -13.254 -2.745
b) Cone Dome

- Uniform loads :

= [ ] , = [ ]
(2 S sin) sin

- Concentrated load:

= [ ] , = 0
(S sin)

total Uniform loads and Concentrated load

( 2 2 ) 1
= [ . ( (2 S )
). ]+[ ] , = [ . ]+ 0
sin (S sin) sin

P = 13.254 cos 450 =9.371 KN , =450 , q = 4 KN/m2

S0 = 42 m , Stotal = 11.313 m

S ( 2 2 ) 1
N N
[ . ( ). ] [ ]
(2 S ) sin (S sin)

42 0.00 -13.254 -13.254 -90.482

6 -1.885 -12.494 -14.379 -101.823
6.5 -4.460 -11.533 -15.993 -119.5
7 -6.869 -10.709 -17.578 -138.592
7.5 -9.145 -9.995 -19.14 -159.1
8 -11.313 -9.371 -20.684 -181.019
8.5 -13.393 -8.819 -22.212 -204.353
9 -15.399 -8.329 -23.728 -229.1
9.5 -17.342 -7.891 -25.233 -255.265
10 -19.233 -7.496 -26.729 -282.842
10.5 -21.078 -7.139 -28.217 -311.834
11 -22.884 -6.815 -29.699 -342.23
11.313 -23.997 -6.626 -30.623 -361.993
2) Solve the multi shell structure that shown in figure 2 using the Membrane
Theory . Consider a=900 and a0=450 . Assume any missing data.

= [ ] , = tan sin
(S sin)

= 45 , = 90 , q= 4 KN/m2

S N N
0 0 0
0.5 -1.414 -1.414
1 -2.828 -2.828
1.5 -4.242 -4.242
2 -5.656 -5.656
2.5 -7.071 -7.071
3 -8.485 -8.485
3.5 -9.899 -9899
4 -11.313 -11.313
4.5 -12.727 -12.727
5 -14.142 -14.142
5.5 -15.556 -15.556
42 -16 -16
 16 KN 16 KN

16 cos 45= 82 KN 16 cos 45= 82 KN

b) Open spherical Dome

- Uniform loads :

= [ ] , = [ ]
(sin) (sin)

- Concentrated load:

= [ ] , = [ ]
( sin) ( sin)

total Uniform loads and Concentrated load

= [ ] + [ ]
(sin) ( sin)

= [ ] + [ ]
(sin) ( sin)

, =41.820 , , =48.180 , q = 4 KN/m2

a = 42 m , P = 82 KN
 Uniform loads Concentrated load total
N N N N N N
48.18 -3.18 -11.89 -10.12 -13.58 -13.3 -25.47
50 -3.94 -10.59 -9.84 -12.855 -13.78 -23.445
55 -5.78 -7.18 -9.2 -11.24 -14.98 -18.42
60 -7.39 -3.91 -8.71 -10.05 -16.1 -13.96
65 -8.88 -0.67 -8.32 -9.18 -17.2 -9.85
70 -10.32 2.59 -8.02 -8.54 -18.86 -5.95
75 -11.79 5.94 -7.81 -8.08 -19.6 -2.14
80 -13.33 9.4 -7.66 -7.77 -21.1 1.63
85 -13.99 13.03 -7.57 -7.60 -21.56 5,43
90 -16.85 16.86 -7.54 -7.54 -24.39 9.32