Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Expo Axis is one of the world's largest membrane roofs.It spanned the entrance and boulevard building of the World Exposition 2010 in Shanghai.. The combination of the membrane structure, which has a surface of 65,000 m 2 in total with a span of 100 m, and the six steelglass funnels of 45 m height, formed of a freeform double-curved framework, constitutes the landmark of the Expo Shanghai ...
Membrane structures are spatial structures made out of tensioned membranes. The structural use of membranes can be divided into pneumatic structures , tensile membrane structures , and cable domes. In these three kinds of structure, membranes work together with cables, columns and other construction members to find a form.
Air-supported dome used as a sports and recreation venue. An air-supported (or air-inflated) structure is any building that derives its structural integrity from the use of internal pressurized air to inflate a pliable material (i.e. structural fabric) envelope, so that air is the main support of the structure, and where access is via airlocks.
Tension fabric buildings or tension fabric structures are constructed using a rigid frame—which can consist of timber, steel, rigid plastic, or aluminum—and a sturdy fabric outer membrane. Once the frame is erected, the fabric cover is stretched over the frame. The fabric cover is tensioned to provide the stable structural support of the ...
The staggered truss system is a type of structural steel framing used in high-rise buildings.The system consists of a series of story-high trusses spanning the total width between two rows of exterior columns and arranged in a staggered pattern on adjacent column lines. [1]
This is a list of buildings with 100 floors or more above ground.Dubai and Chicago have three buildings with at least 100 floors. All of the buildings on this list are over 1,000 ft (305 meter) "supertalls" and are among the world's tallest buildings.
Schematic representation of transmembrane proteins: 1) a single-pass membrane protein 2) a multipass membrane protein (α-helix) 3) a multipass membrane protein β-sheet. The membrane is represented in light yellow. A transmembrane protein is a type of integral membrane protein that spans the entirety of the cell membrane.
In 1972, S. Jonathan Singer and Garth Nicolson developed new ideas for membrane structure. Their proposal was the fluid mosaic model, which is one of the dominant models now. It has two key features—a mosaic of proteins embedded in the membrane, and the membrane being a fluid bi-layer of lipids.