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Concrete shell building has 2 main fields
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A) Ferrocement Boat Building (Mesh wire based method)
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B) Structural Concrete Building (Cast method used in civil engineering)
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Both Methods has been used to create floating structures. Ferrocement is used in boatbuilding while structural concrete building is used for industrial floating structures like oil and gas platforms.
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[http://www.midcoast.com/~bo/dreamgeometry.html  Bo Atkinson's Enersearch]
 
[http://www.midcoast.com/~bo/dreamgeometry.html  Bo Atkinson's Enersearch]
  
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[http://www.ce.jhu.edu/sarwade/ice/jhu_ice_04.htm Ice Shells Inspired by Heinz Isler]
 
[http://www.ce.jhu.edu/sarwade/ice/jhu_ice_04.htm Ice Shells Inspired by Heinz Isler]
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[http://concretesubmarine.com European Submarine Structures AB]
  
 
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Revision as of 20:37, 29 December 2009

Concrete shell building has 2 main fields

A) Ferrocement Boat Building (Mesh wire based method)

B) Structural Concrete Building (Cast method used in civil engineering)

Both Methods has been used to create floating structures. Ferrocement is used in boatbuilding while structural concrete building is used for industrial floating structures like oil and gas platforms.


Bo Atkinson's Enersearch

Dirt Cheap Builder's Books on Concrete

International Thin Shell Association

Ice Shells Inspired by Heinz Isler

European Submarine Structures AB


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