V Shokraneh - M.Sc. Student, School of Civil Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran
M.S Marefat - Professor, School of Civil Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

Closed-form solution is one of the exact and reliable approaches in analysis of structures. Here, a semi-sphere shell under lateral load (equal to earthquake load), based on theory of shells and plates, has been studied. Internal forces are present in closed-form. In this study, materials are assumed to be isotropic, homogenous and elastic and the shell acts as a membrane. The outcome of this analysis can be used in studying the behavior of revolutionary shells under lateral load.

shells of revolution, membrane, earthquake, closed-form solution, dome