Deployable structures in nature: Examples, analysis and realization

Journal of the International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures

Volumn 45, Issue 146, 2004, Pages 190-198

  Hachem, Caroline ^a   Karni, Eyal ^a   Hanaor, Ariel ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Deployable structures; Folded plates; Pneumatic tubes; Ribbed membranes; Rigid members

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; MORPHOLOGY; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); PNEUMATIC TUBES; RIGIDITY;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANISMS; DEPLOYABLE STRUCTURES; FOLDED PLATES; REALIZATION; RIGID MEMBERS; RIGID MEMBRANES;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 12344322816     PISSN: 03043622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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