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'''Shell''' may refer to: * [[Shell (structure)]], a thin structure ...

{{short description|Structure composed of a relatively thin shell of concrete}} ...dx.doi.org/10.1260/0266-3511.30.1.1|journal=International Journal of Space Structures|volume=30|issue=1|pages=1–12|doi=10.1260/0266-3511.30.1.1|s2cid=55128017 |i ...

...en's and women's [[ice hockey]] [[team]]s. The barrel-vaulted, reinforced concrete arena was designed by renowned architect [[Pier Luigi Nervi]]. It was named [[Category:Concrete shell structures]] ...

...ists of a base of concrete oil storage tanks from which one, three or four concrete shafts rise.<ref>Dr. techn. Olav Olsen, [http://www.npd.no/Templates/OD/Art Following the success of the concrete oil storage tank on the [[Ekofisk]] field, Norwegian Contractors introduced ...

{{short description|Construction of structures on planetary surface}} ...construction of [[Space habitat (facility)|artificial habitats]] and other structures on [[planetary surface]]s. Planetary surface construction can be divided in ...

|width9= 5184|height9= 3456|image9=Unissons Structures Quebec City Summer Festival 3.jpg ...matically, here illustrated downwards from left to right: 1: snow load, 2: concrete bridge, 3: steel bridge, 4: composite, 5: timber house, 6: masonry, 7: [[Re ...

...ed when the weapon strikes the ground or something equally hard, such as a concrete building, or otherwise detonated at the surface. ...urface of ground or water. The ground shock can damage or destroy hardened structures. In water, the shock is damaging to nearby vessels and may also produce a s ...

...lessness]] can be produced. The entire tower, formed out of a reinforced [[concrete]] shank, is 146 metres high. The 122-metre drop tube is free-standing within the concrete shell, in order to prevent the transmission of wind-induced [[oscillation|vibrati ...

...Cliffs''. Designed by the young architect [[Francis Petre]], and built in concrete by Harry Lyders at a cost of £14,000, it was completed in 1877.<ref name=NZ ...rmer glory, but none have yet borne fruit. The castle now lies in ruins, a shell of what it once was.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/2 ...

...nd supporting a pair of huge 15m [[cantilever|cantilevered]], reinforced [[concrete]] wings. ...ture goes hazy. In one version, Pettazzi stood defiantly on one of his 18m concrete “wings”—used as decorative shades for cars entering the garage—and threaten ...

...rmingham area during this period. The tower was clad in [[aluminium]]. The concrete beams in the podium were clad in black [[Argentina|Argentine]] [[granite]] ...floors including for a new arcade and the retail spaces, as well as future shell and core entrances for the future offices and residential floors. The work ...

...g.<ref name="Boake2014">{{cite book|author=Terri Meyer Boake|title=Diagrid Structures: Systems, Connections, Details|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H67mBQ ...tp://www.e-architect.co.uk/articles/diagonal_structures.htm|title=Diagonal Structures, Diagrid Structure|author=Ian Ritchie|publisher=e-architect|date=13 March 2 ...

|significant_advance = developments in [[prestressed concrete]] ...ctural]] and [[civil engineer]]. He was the major pioneer of [[prestressed concrete]]. ...

| dam_type = Concrete thin arch '''Crystal Dam''' is a {{convert|323|ft|m|adj=mid|-tall}}, double-curvature, concrete, thin [[arch dam]] located 6 miles downstream from [[Morrow Point Dam]] on ...

|institutions = [[Society for Concrete Construction]]<br/>[[Institution of Structural Engineers]] ...ve use of reinforced concrete, especially with numerous notable thin shell structures worldwide. ...

| name = Shell Lake Municipal Airport | owner = City of Shell Lake ...

...rsham Towers, with netting to protect passers-by against pieces of falling concrete.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk/pa/cm ...he impact of a 500&nbsp;lb bomb and had {{convert|12|ft|m|adj=mid|-thick}} concrete roofs. In 1943 the lowest level of the North Rotunda (codenamed ''Anson'') ...

...[[Jean Prouvé]] for the exterior. The structural engineer for the concrete shell was [[Nicolas Esquillan]]. ...catching buildings in modern architecture, being constructed of reinforced concrete in an innovative double shelled design with internal ribs. ...

...ournal |last1=Foxe |first1=David M |title=Saarinen's Shell Game: Tensions, Structures, and Sounds at MIT |url=https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s0000 ...um/ |website=WikiArquitectura |access-date=2019-04-09}}</ref> Thin-shelled concrete technology was innovative for the times; the dome is proportionately thinne ...

...ay from the city center, near Dachny village). The tower is one of several structures designed by Russian engineer and scientist [[Vladimir Shukhov]]; its power ...the ends of which rest against circular foundations. The tower's circular concrete foundation has a diameter of {{convert|30|m|ft}}. The construction of the i ...