Tension Structures (2 Parts)

Synopsis: A teaching package consisting of two part video and written material. Presented by Mike Barnes with contributions from leading practitioners in this area of design.

Part 1 - Basic Concepts and Cable Net Structures including engineering background, historical examples, the concepts of prestressed mechanisms and flexibility, Frei Otto and free form structures, computer modelling and analysis, wind tunnel testing, construction procedures and open mesh aviaries.

Part 2 - Stressed Membrane Structures including form finding, supporting structures, pattering, material properties, stressing out procedures and the whole is illustrated by three recent case studies.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Year of production: 1990
Subjects: Civil Engineering & Building; Design
Keywords: engineering design; structural engineering; tension

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