Abstract
The aim of the experiment was to study the behavior of pointed domes subjected to point loading at the vertex. A concrete dome reinforceed with 1 mm bars running both in the meridional and parallel circular direction was constructed. Electrical resistance strain gages were mounted at several locations along the meridional and parallel direction of the shell both inside and outside. The structure was loaded within the elastic limit. The experimental values of membrane stress field are calculated and compared with the theoretical values as is described in part I of this report. (see pp. 81–85). These results are in close agreement in regions some distance away from the lower boundary and the pointed apex. But the difference between the two results becomes noticeable near the lower boundary and the vertex of the dome. Further analysis of the experiment findings indicates that the bending strain field is slight at regions that are some distance away from the lower boundary and to the apex of the dome.
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