This paper describes the influence of initial shape imperfections of lattice shells on their general stability. An adequate mathematical model for the analysis of the shell instability by using a direct method (FEM) and a shell analogy method is presented. The reduction coefficient k for calculation of the critical load is derived. An illustrative example is used for comparison of the results calculated by the two numerical methods.
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