Patent ID: 6192634
Filing Date: 2001-02-27
Classification: E04B

Abstract:
A reticulated dome structure supportable on a foundation and comprising:an external structural network in an outer surface of desired contour and including a plurality of external struts connected at moment-stiff external junctions, the external network subdividing the outer surface into external network openings of essentially uniform polygonal kind,an internal structural network in an inner surface of contour similar to the outer surfaces contour spaced inwardly from the external network and including a plurality of internal struts connected at moment-stiff internal junctions, the internal network subdividing the inner surface into internal network openings, anda plurality of linear spacing maces of small cross sectional area relative to the struts interconnected between selected internal network junctions and selected external network junctions and transferring loads between the networks substantially only locally and substantially only axially,each network being supportable on the foundation separately from the other network.