SINGLE OR DOUBLE CURVATURE SHELLS

• Single curvature shell: they are curved on one linear axis and are a part of a cylinder or
cone in the form of barrel vaults and conoid shells.

• Double curvature shell: they are either part of a sphere,or a hyperboloid of revolution.

• The term single and double curvature are used to distinguish the comparative rigidity of
the two forms and complexity of centring necessary to construct the shell form.
Forms of curvature:
1.Surfaces of revolution:
• Surfaces of revolution are generated by the
revolution of a plane curve, called meridional
curve.
• About, an axis, called the axis of revolution.
• In the special case of cylindrical and conical
surfaces, the meridional curve consists of a
line segment.
• E.g: cylinders,cones,spherical or elliptical
domes, hyperboloids of revolution.
2. Surface of translation:
• Surfaces of translation are generated by
sliding a plane curve along another plane,
while keeping the orientation of the sliding
curve constant.
• The latter curve , on which the generator is a
straight line, the resulting surface is called
cylindrical surface.

Surface of translation with rectangular plan: (A)-

elliptical paraboloid (B)- cylindrical paraboloid (C)-
hyperbolic paraboloid