Load Test on Wilson's First Concrete Thin Shell
A live load test was performed on this dome in Provo, Utah, using an incredible 360,000 pounds of concrete block. The test showed no measurable deflection of the dome’s surface. This was Dr. Wilson’s first dome, an earth-formed, affined transformation of an ellipse that was 160′ × 240′ × 40′ in size.
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