Konstruktionen des Leichtbaus
Subtitle: das Prinzip Speichenrad
By: Christoph Palmen
Publisher: Reimer
Published: 2017
Place of publication: Berlin
Language: ger
Number of pages: 415
ISBN-13: 9783496015864
Subjects: Lightweight construction; Tensile architecture
Description: Replacing the wooden spokes of the wheel with thin tension-wires was one of the most efficient constructions ever created. This book brings together a multiplicity of illustrative, and in some cases also curious, examples from two centuries of water wheels, Ferris wheels, airplanes and dirigibles, bridges and roof constructions. Some of the largest open (support-less, girderless) spaces in the world are based on the principle of the wire-spoked wheel.
Notes: Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral - Kassel) under the title: Das Prinzip Speichenrad - ein Beitrag zur Geschichte des Leichtbaus.

Includes bibliographical references and index.