Shaping of space structures
Subtitle: examples of applications of Formian in the design of tension-strut systems
By: Janusz Rȩbielak
Publisher: Oficyna Wydawnicza Politechniki Wrocławskiej
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Wrocław, Poland
Language: eng
Number of pages: 298
ISBN-13: 9788370858650
Subjects: Space frame structures; Formian (Computer program); Design and construction
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. -298).

The publication supported by the State Committee for Scientific Research.
Table of contents: title: Spatial structures: review of types and tendencies in shaping process; title: Basic forms of space frames; title: Shaping of the crystal tension-strut structure; title: Structures shaped by means of tetrahedron modules directed towards the perimeter ring; title: Systems built by means of tetrahedron modules directed to the dome center; title: Structures shaped by means of tetrahedron modules alternatively directed in the concentric hoops; title: Tension-strut systems uilt by means of tetrahedron modules spaced around a triangular-hexagonal grid; title: Structures formed by the application of octahedron modules; title: Structural systems shaped by elongated tetrahedron modules.