The messeturm in rostock - A tensegrity tower

Journal of the International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures

Volumn 45, Issue 145, 2004, Pages 93-98

  Schlaich, Mike ^a  

^a SCHLAICH BERGERMANN UND PARTNER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cable structures; Light weight buildings; Tensegrity; Towers

Indexed keywords

CABLE STRUCTURES; LOAD TRANSFER; TENSEGRITY; TRANSPARENT STRUCTURES;

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DEFLECTION (STRUCTURES); EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LIGHT WEIGHT BUILDING MATERIALS; LIGHT WEIGHT STRUCTURES; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; STAINLESS STEEL; STIFFNESS; STORMS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; TENSILE STRENGTH; TIMBER;

TOWERS;

EID: 4644250424     PISSN: 03043622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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