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Tensile Surface Structures

Author : Michael Seidel
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 3433600279
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (336 download)

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Download or read book Tensile Surface Structures written by Michael Seidel and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2009-05-13 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tensile surface structures are the visual expression of an intensive rethinking of the topic of building envelopes by designers. Advances in design methods, materials, construction elements and assembly and erection planning in the field of lightweight construction are enabling ever more exacting applications of tensile structures with envelope and structural functions, especially in roofing over large clear spans without internal support. However, the particular mechanical characteristics of the materials used in the construction of textile structures demand consideration of the question of "buildability". This book provides answers by discussing the fundamental influence of material manufacture and assembly in deciding the most suitable type of building or structure and its detailing in the design process. The fundamentals of material composition, manufacturing process, patterning and the behaviour of flexible structural systems are all explained here, as well as their use as structural and connection elements, and special attention is given to the erection of wide-span lightweight structures. The erection equipment is described, as well as the lifting and tensioning process and the construction methods used to erect the characteristic types of tensile structures, illustrated with a selection of example projects. Forword by Werner Sobek.

Tensile Fabric Structures

Author : Craig G. Huntington
Publisher : ASCE Publications
ISBN 13 : 9780784412893
Total Pages : 175 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (128 download)

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Download or read book Tensile Fabric Structures written by Craig G. Huntington and published by ASCE Publications. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tensile Fabric Structures: Design Analysis and Construction summarises the range of tensile membrane structure forms and their applications and documents the current state of knowledge regarding loading form finding and nonlinear analysis of membrane structures. Structural forms and details are generally left exposed in tensile membrane designs and are strongly tied to architecture and aesthetics. These environmentally friendly and economically competitive structures are found in a wide range of recreational and transportation facilities. This report updates the earlier Tensioned Fabric Structures: A Practical Introduction.Topics include: history of tensioned membrane structuresmechanical lighting and thermal properties of membrane materialsfire safety and durability of membrane materialsshape determination and analysisfabrication and erection process attachment to supporting structuresstructural design and aestheticsThis report will provide practical guidance to structural engineers architects and builders of tensile membrane structures.

Fabric Structures in Architecture

Author : J Llorens
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 1782422404
Total Pages : 868 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (824 download)

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Download or read book Fabric Structures in Architecture written by J Llorens and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2015-03-28 with total page 868 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fabric Structures in Architecture covers the varying ways textiles and their properties are used in building construction, with particular focus given to tensile structures. The text begins with the fundamental principles of textiles, including the origins of fabric architecture, then progressing to a discussion of the modern textiles of today. It covers relevant textile materials and their properties, including coatings and membranes. In addition, a range of design considerations are discussed, with detailed information on installation and failure modes. A series of case studies from around the world accompany the discussion, illustrating the applications of textiles in architecture. Offers key coverage of the fundamental principles, from the origins of fabric architecture to modern textile Provides analysis of relevant textile materials and their properties, including coatings and membranes Contains expert insights in to the applications of textiles in architecture, presenting a series of relevant case-studies from around the world

Tensile Structures

Author : Maggie Toy
Publisher : Academy Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 122 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)

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Download or read book Tensile Structures written by Maggie Toy and published by Academy Press. This book was released on 1995-07-14 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Tensile Architecture

Author : Philip Drew
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000314340
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book Tensile Architecture written by Philip Drew and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-07-16 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides an historical perspective for modern tensile architecture in the 20th century. It explores the tents of nomad cultures, geographical distribution of tent types, the effect of the dromedary on the distribution of the black tent, and seasonal specialization of Eskimo dwellings.

Light Structures, Structures of Light

Author : Horst Berger
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781420852677
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (526 download)

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Download or read book Light Structures, Structures of Light written by Horst Berger and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In this book tensile structures are explained and illustrated by its most prolific designer. The chapters take on the form of stories, richly illustrated and presented in a language easily understandable by a general audience; at the same time the book is a valuable source for students and practitioners of architecture and engineering. Beginning with a history of domes, the book explains the origins and principles of tensile structures and then moves on to demonstrate their application in Horst Berger's own work. This includes such landmark structures as the spectacular Denver International Airport; the Haj Terminal of the Jeddah International Airport, the world's largest roof structure; the record span Riyadh Stadium; the San Diego Convention Center; Canada Place in Vancouver."

Tensile Architecture in the Urban Context

Author : Rudi Scheuermann
Publisher : Architectual Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Tensile Architecture in the Urban Context written by Rudi Scheuermann and published by Architectual Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book includes long span buildings, tensile structures, membrane and cable net structures. Includes: Schlumberger Works; Diplomatic Club, Riyadh; Research facilities for Schlumberger, Cambridge; Canada Harbour Place; Mound Stand; German Pavilion, Seville; Arche de la Defence, Paris.

Soft Shells

Author : Hans-Joachim Schock
Publisher : Birkhauser
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Soft Shells written by Hans-Joachim Schock and published by Birkhauser. This book was released on 1997 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The photographs and detailed scale drawings of the structures are accompanied by in-depth descriptions, giving a full account of the construction method and the characteristics of the materials.

Fabric Architecture

Author : Samuel J Armijos
Publisher : WW Norton
ISBN 13 : 9780393732368
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (323 download)

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Download or read book Fabric Architecture written by Samuel J Armijos and published by WW Norton. This book was released on 2008-09-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A breathtaking view of state-of-the-art technology for projects ranging from simple awnings to dome stadiums. Architects, landscape architects, interior designers, fabricators, and owner/developers seeking creative, green solutions for a wide array of structures-shelter, shade, and water protection; outdoor and indoor; permanent and temporary-will find a broad array of ideas in this visual catalog of the latest materials and methods for designing canopies, tents, umbrellas, facades, signage, walls, and ceilings.

Widespan Roof Structures

Author : Michael Barnes
Publisher : Thomas Telford
ISBN 13 : 9780727728777
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (287 download)

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Download or read book Widespan Roof Structures written by Michael Barnes and published by Thomas Telford. This book was released on 2000 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents world thinking on the design and construction of large covered spaces. This book aims to offer insights into many of the innovative construction design projects. It explores the advances within stressed membrane roofing, atria and glass structures, with a focus on international developments. It also addresses the problems of construction.

New Tent Architecture

Author : Philip Drew
Publisher : Thames and Hudson
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)

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Download or read book New Tent Architecture written by Philip Drew and published by Thames and Hudson. This book was released on 2008-05-27 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tents have been prized for centuries for their lightness, mobility, small footprint and structural elegance. New tents offer innovative and significant solutions to age-old problems. With the demand on architects to touch the earth lightly, together with a cross-disciplinary interest in technotextiles, membrane structures are assuming new prominence and pleasing forms. This wide-ranging international survey looks at the exciting possibilities of contemporary tensile building and the most interesting membrane structures created in recent years. Includes: - Architectural and cultural history of the tent - Thirty recent projects grouped by theme, such as atrium covers and fabric walls, ring roofs and convertibles, small peaks, large waves - Accessible text descriptions, photographs and line drawings. New Tent Architecture will be valued by architecture and design professionals, engineers and students everywhere.

Membrane Structures

Author : Raham Zarfam
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780986324710
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (247 download)

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Download or read book Membrane Structures written by Raham Zarfam and published by . This book was released on 2014-08-30 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: n this book, readers will be introduced to the fascinating world of Membrane Structures. The readers will find this book to be a practical guide and reference providing them a clear view and understanding of the Membrane Structures. The book explores the principles, basic shapes, form finding, surface materials, support structures, drawing details and installation of the tensile structures.This book should be used as an introduction and reference on how to Design Tensile Structures using the method of Form Finding.This book was written in collaboration with Raham Zarfam - PhD in Structural Engineering, Carlos Talavera - Architect, Thomas Van Dessel - M. Eng. and Caglar Ozturk - Architect.

Tension Structures

Author : Wanda J. Lewis
Publisher : Thomas Telford
ISBN 13 : 9780727732361
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (323 download)

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Download or read book Tension Structures written by Wanda J. Lewis and published by Thomas Telford. This book was released on 2003 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The tension structures discussed in this book are predominantly roofing forms created from pre-stressed cable nets, cable trusses, and continuous membranes (fabric structures). A unique feature in their design is "form-finding" - an interactive process of defining the shape of a structure under tension. The book discusses the role of stable minimal surfaces (minimum energy forms occurring in natural objects, such as soap films) in finding optimal shapes of membrane and cable structures. The discussion of form-finding is extended to structural forms whose shape is supposedly known, such as suspension bridge cables.

Biaxial Testing for Fabrics and Foils

Author : Paolo Beccarelli
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319022288
Total Pages : 138 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (19 download)

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Download or read book Biaxial Testing for Fabrics and Foils written by Paolo Beccarelli and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-01-30 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a well-structured, critical review of current design practice for tensioned membrane structures, including a detailed analysis of the experimental data required and critical issues relating to the lack of a set of design codes and testing procedures. The technical requirements for biaxial testing equipment are analyzed in detail, and aspects that need to be considered when developing biaxial testing procedures are emphasized. The analysis is supported by the results of a round-robin exercise comparing biaxial testing machines that involved four of the main research laboratories in the field. The biaxial testing devices and procedures presently used in Europe are extensively discussed, and information is provided on the design and implementation of a biaxial testing rig for architectural fabrics at Politecnico di Milano, which represents a benchmark in the field. The significance of the most recent developments in biaxial testing is also explored.

Design and Analysis of Tall and Complex Structures

Author : Feng Fu
Publisher : Butterworth-Heinemann
ISBN 13 : 0081011210
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (81 download)

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Download or read book Design and Analysis of Tall and Complex Structures written by Feng Fu and published by Butterworth-Heinemann. This book was released on 2018-02-01 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The design of tall buildings and complex structures involves challenging activities, including: scheme design, modelling, structural analysis and detailed design. This book provides structural designers with a systematic approach to anticipate and solve issues for tall buildings and complex structures. This book begins with a clear and rigorous exposition of theories behind designing tall buildings. After this is an explanation of basic issues encountered in the design process. This is followed by chapters concerning the design and analysis of tall building with different lateral stability systems, such as MRF, shear wall, core, outrigger, bracing, tube system, diagrid system and mega frame. The final three chapters explain the design principles and analysis methods for complex and special structures. With this book, researchers and designers will find a valuable reference on topics such as tall building systems, structure with complex geometry, Tensegrity structures, membrane structures and offshore structures. Numerous worked-through examples of existing prestigious projects around the world (such as Jeddah Tower, Shanghai Tower, and Petronas Tower etc.) are provided to assist the reader’s understanding of the topics. • Provides the latest modelling methods in design such as BIM and Parametric Modelling technique. • Detailed explanations of widely used programs in current design practice, such as SAP2000, ETABS, ANSYS, and Rhino. • Modelling case studies for all types of tall buildings and complex structures, such as: Buttressed Core system, diagrid system, Tube system, Tensile structures and offshore structures etc.

Engineering Architecture

Author : Yasmin Sabina Khan
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 9780393731071
Total Pages : 428 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Engineering Architecture written by Yasmin Sabina Khan and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2004 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The structural engineer responsible for Chicago's John Hancock Center and Sears Tower, Fazlur R. Khan (1929-1982) pioneered structural systems for high-rise design that broadened the palette of building forms and expressions available to design professionals today.

D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson's Generative Influences in Art, Design, and Architecture

Author : Ellen K. Levy
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350191124
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson's Generative Influences in Art, Design, and Architecture written by Ellen K. Levy and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2021-03-11 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scottish zoologist D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson's visionary ideas in On Growth and Form continue to evolve a century after its publication, aligning it with current developments in art and science. Practitioners, theorists, and historians from art, science, and design reflect on his ongoing influence. Overall, the anthology links evolutionary theory to form generation in both scientific and cultural domains. It offers a close look at the ways cells, organisms, and rules become generative in fields often otherwise disconnected. United by Thompson's original exploration of how physical forces propel and shape living and nonliving forms, essays range from art, art history, and neuroscience to architecture, design, and biology. Contributors explore how translations are made from the discipline of biology to the cultural arena. They reflect on how Thompson's study relates to the current sciences of epigenesis, self-organization, biological complex systems, and the expanded evolutionary synthesis. Cross-disciplinary contributors explore the wide-ranging aesthetic ramifications of these sciences. A timeline links the history of evolutionary theory with cultural achievements, providing the reader with a valuable resource.