Roof structure

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1986-12-08

1988-04-12

Murtagh, John E.

Static structures (e.g., buildings)

Compound curve structure

Geodesic shape

52694, 135103, 135DIG8, E04B 1342, E04C 302

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047365536

ABSTRACT:
A cable truss dome which is not triangulated is constructed from a plurality of cables under tension and compression members arranged in triangles having non-common sides. The cable truss dome is adapted for spanning large areas where the cables form a low shallow arch which supports a flexible membrane as a covering. The non-common vertex of the formed triangles are connected to similarly placed vertical sides of other triangles through continuous nested tension rings.

REFERENCES:
patent: 2349993 (1944-05-01), Schwimmer
patent: 3139957 (1964-07-01), Fuller
patent: 3886961 (1975-06-01), Geiger
patent: 4130969 (1978-12-01), Ivanov
Inventions-The patented work of R. Buckminster Fuller, pp. 201-213, copyright 1983.
Glass Tension Structures and Space Frames by Architectural Institute of Japan 1972, pp. 537-541.

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