Structural evaluation of Félix Candela’s 8-sided hyperbolic paraboloidal umbrellas
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DOI: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2020.111156
Abstract: Abstract Structural artist Felix Candela pioneered the 8-sided hyperbolic paraboloidal (hypar) umbrella by introducing a parabolic discontinuity bisecting each quadrant of the classical 4-sided form. While artistically striking, such structures have never been rigorously examined… read more here.
Keywords: structural evaluation; lix candela; sided hyperbolic; hyperbolic paraboloidal ... See more keywords