practical concrete roof design
 

practical concrete roof design
can anybody recommend any available books, articles, theses, etc. on the practical & cost-effective design of non-flat concrete roof structures for residences? i've been researching the matter for a while, but everything i've found deals only with the most straightforward (but architecturally limiting) strategies, like simple gabled roofs over rectangular homes with a loadbearing wall dividing the house in half acting as a ridge beam. i know that such roofs actually exist (
there is a great book that covers concrete shell roofs that taper as triangular plates at the supports. the book is "the design of cylindrical shell roofs" by j.e. gibson 2nd edition 1961. published by van nostrand. it has no isbn number.
it covers both reinforced shells and prestressed ones as well.
try searching it at abebooks.com or campusi.com
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