Carbon nanotubes have been predicted as game-changing structural materials due to their outstanding theoretical strength per weight (Fig. 1a). They have even encouraged the construction of a space ...

The American Society of Civil Engineers recently updated the standard for tensile membrane structures. This new edition updates the previous Standard ASCE/SEI 55-10, and replaces Standard ASCE 17-96, ...

PFEIFER Structures America completed the monumental cable-net-supported ETFE roof for SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California. Leaders in the tensile membrane structures industry, PFEIFER Structures ...

Ultra-slender legs hold up a vast expanse of metal and glass to form the TT_01 table, designed by Poesenvanhiel Architects as an architectural experiment. The TT_01 table has what Poesenvanhiel ...

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Let us return to the first architecture class on structures and the classification of structural efforts. In most structures, whether natural or man-made, compression forces are the primary actors.

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Nagoya, Japan - Single-walled carbon nanotubes should theoretically be extremely strong, but it remains unclear why their experimental tensile strengths are lower and vary among nanotubes. A team at ...