The Comparison of Reinforced Concrete Dome and Fiber Composite Dome

Abstract

The dome has been used as an architectural overlay form since pre-Christian times. Until today, it has undergone a change in line with the effect of very different beliefs and very different cultures in many different geographies. This process of development and change has so much important effect on the mosque architecture which has been emerged with the birth of Islam. This study is a comparison of reinforced concrete dome which is traditionally built with the construction materials that are concrete, iron, formwork, scaffolding, and the fiber composite dome which has just been used technologically. These two manufacturing methods, which were compared in terms of cost analysis, were also evaluated from the point of building site manufacturing times and work safety risk. In addition, these two manufacturing methods were also compared in terms of the dome load amounts affecting the building carrier system. In terms of the amount of dome load to mosque carcass system, reinforced concrete and fiber composite dome productions have remarkable results as well as serious cost differences in terms of the two production types. It is thought that fiber composite domes which can be used in dome building type architecture of worships will have a significant usage area in the long term.