Tension Structures - 9780727761736

Tension StructuresForm and behaviour\nAuthor(s): Wanda Lewis\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Emerald Publishing Limited, United Kingdom\nImprint: ICE Publishing\nISBN-13: 9780727761736, 978-0727761736\nSynopsis\nTension Structures, Second edition delivers a unique coverage of the topic of tension structures ranging from a variety of pre-stressed cable net and fabric roofing forms to suspension bridge cables. The emphasis is on finding minimum energy forms of these structures by analogy to nature.\n\nTension Structures, Second edition:\n\nfeatures a number of projects detailing structural form and behaviour of tension structures\noffers an exclusive perspective that brings together fabric and cable structures, suspension bridge cables, andrigid structural forms, such as arches and shells\nprovides unique insights into numerical modelling of cable and fabric structures includes brand new sections on modelling of suspension bridge cablesanddemonstratesits relevance toconceptual design of .