Abstract:Due to their excellent combination of space enclosing, heat insulating and supporting function, steel sandwich panels – mostly flat – are used for roofs and walls of standard industrial buildings. Because freely formed structures generally are playing an increasing role in contemporary architecture, curved sandwich panels would offer a high potential to architectural design. Simultaneously, the advantageous load‐bearing capacity could further increase the benefits of their usage. The necessary design strategy,… Show more
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