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Tensile Structures by Frei Otto (1973, Paperback)
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For the first time in this edition, Frei Otto's two studies of nonrigid structures (Pneumatic Structuresand Cables, Nets, and Membranes)are available in one volume. Pneumatic Structuresdeals for the most part with surfaces loaded by tractive forces. Special membranes, of high tensile strength, are made semi-rigid by means of differences of enclosed air or fluid pressure and can serve as roofings, halls, silos, dams, or for any other application where ease and rapidity of construction and transportation are essential. This section is illustrated with 1,660 numbered photographs and line drawings, including many striking photographs of both models and existing implements and structures. In Cables, Nets, and Membranesthe subject of nonrigid architectural structures is continued with a detailed investigation of structures under tensile loads, of which suspension bridges and tents are the most commonly known examples. Like pneumatic structures, tensile structures have the advantages of mobility, light weight, ease and speed of erection, and low cost.Product Identifiers
PublisherMIT Press
ISBN-100262650053
ISBN-139780262650052
eBay Product ID (ePID)2118622
Product Key Features
Original LanguageGerman
Publication Year1973
Number of Pages490 Pages
LanguageEnglish
AuthorFrei Otto
FormatPaperback
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Item Weight16 Oz
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GroupScholarly & Professional
Reviews"The MIT Press has given us a volume so beautifully designed in black and white that it can as easily lead a life of leisure on the coffee table as become dog-eared in hard design-room service.... Mathematically and pictorially illustrated in immense and beautiful detail." - Engineer
Publication Date1973-06-15
Lc Classification NumberTh1099.O813 1973
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