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ENGINEERS: TECHNICAL
ADVANTAGES OF TENSILE STRUCTURES
Ability
to span large areas with a lightweight material
Able to
produce dramatic, expressive architectural forms
To
produce environments with controllable levels of natural light
IMPORTANT QUESTIONS WHEN CONSIDERING TENSILE MEMBRANE STRUCTURES
Choice of
surface form
Nature of
Support Structure
Form
Finding
Basics of
form finding
Support
Structure, boundary conditions
Direction
of seam lines
Choice of
fabric
Level of
pre-stress
Analysis
What load
case to use
Sizing up
of membrane, reinforcement and cables
Design of
supporting structure components
Type of
detail to use
Patterning
Format of
patterns
Choice of
compensation to be applied
Installation options and methods
Tensile structure engineering is a
unique field. It demand specialist knowledge, techniques and design
software
Shape
Finding
Load
Analysis
Fabrication Geometry
Erection
analysis
The specialist engineering methods and
knowledge required for design of tensile structures (form finding, load
analysis and fabrication data) can be sourced in one of two ways
Use of
external specialist consultants
In-house,
using commercially available tensile structure FE Software
Fore more technical information relating
to Engineer in Tensile Membrane Structures
please contact Marc du Plessis:
marcdup@capeshade.co.za |
