Abstract
A theoretical method of shell analysis has been utilized and, with the help of certain innovations, the study of pointed domes subjected to pointed loading is presented in this paper. To derive an analytical expression for the pointed dome, the general theory of shell of revolution is used to take into account the effect of membrane and bending stress field. Additionally the general classical approach of analytical multi-shell analysis is utilized to obtain the solution. This solution is applied to a pointed dome with a given dimension and the membrane stress field was calculated. The results thus obtained give a good approximation of the internal force field in the central portion of the dome. However this is not true near the lower boundary and near the kinked vertex of the dome. The values of internal meridional bending moment and meridional shear have also been calculated. These indicate that the bending field diminishes in magnitude as we move away from the kinked region.
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