supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 90715005);the New Century Excellent Talent of Ministry of Education of China (Grant No. NCET-07-0186);the Doctoral Fund of Ministry of China (Grant No. 200802860007)
In this paper, form vulnerability theory was applied to the analysis of the failure mechanisms of single-layer latticed spherical shells subjected to seismic excitations. Three 1/10 scale testing models were designed ...