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Title Tensile fabric structures : analysis, design, and construction / sponsored by the Task Committee on Tensioned Fabric Structures of the Special Structures Committee of the Metals Committee of the Technical Activities Division of the Structural Engineering Institute of ASCE ; edited by Craig G. Huntington
Published Reston, Virginia : American Society of Civil Engineers, [2013]

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Contents History and development of fabric structures -- The design and construction process -- The material characteristics of fabrics -- Loads -- Form determination -- Load analysis -- Connections -- Non-structural performance considerations : building physics -- Fabrication and construction
Summary Prepared by the Task Committee on Tensioned Fabric Structures of the Special Structures Committee of the Metals Committee of the Technical Activities Division of the Structural Engineering Institute of ASCE Tensile Fabric Structures: Design, Analysis, and Construction summarizes the range of tensile membrane structure forms and their applications and documents the current state of knowledge regarding loading, form finding, and nonlinear analysis of membrane structures. Structural forms and details are generally left exposed in tensile membrane designs and are strongly tied to architecture and aesthetics. These environmentally friendly and economically competitive structures are found in a wide range of recreational and transportation facilities. This report updates the earlier Tensioned Fabric Structures: A Practical Introduction. Topics include: history of tensioned membrane structures; mechanical, lighting, and thermal properties of membrane materials; fire safety and durability of membrane materials; shape determination and analysis; fabrication and erection process, attachment to supporting structures; and structural design and aesthetics. This report will provide practical guidance to structural engineers, architects, and builders of tensile membrane structures
Analysis Fabric structures
Structural analysis
Tensile structures
Membranes
Construction management
Material properties
Construction materials
Materials processing
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Tensile architecture.
Lightweight construction.
Roofs, Fabric.
tensile structures.
lightweight construction.
ARCHITECTURE -- Methods & Materials.
Lightweight construction
Roofs, Fabric
Tensile architecture
Form Electronic book
Author Huntington, Craig G., editor
Structural Engineering Institute. Task Committee on Tensioned Fabric Structures, sponsoring body.
LC no. 2013014919
ISBN 9780784477922
0784477922