Swivel Diaphragm a new alternative for retractable ring structures

Journal of the International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures

Volumn 44, Issue 143, 2003, Pages 181-188

  Rodriguez, Carolina ^a   Chilton, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Foldable Structures; Retractable Plates

Indexed keywords

FOLDABLE STRUCTURES; RETRACTABLE PLATES; RING STRUCTURES; SWIVEL DIAPHRAGM;

ARCHITECTURE; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; INTELLIGENT BUILDINGS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 2942618883     PISSN: 03043622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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