Modeling plate shell structures using pyFormex Ghent University
A shell structure made of glass combines a light-weight structural concept with glassU+2019 high permeability to light. If the geometry of the structure is plane-based facetted (plate shell structure), the glass elements will be plane panes, and these glass panes will comprise the primary bearing structure. A plate shell structure is contrary to a triangulated facetted shell structure, where the shell action is concentrated in the edges and ...