Tensile structure

device · 1896 · Electric age

A roof of stretched membrane (Shukhov, Otto).

What it is made of

• Wire rope — has part. Cables.

Principles and materials it uses

• Polyester — is made of. A diaphragm.
• Cotton — is made of. The first tents were canvas.

Things built in a similar way

• Sail — works like. Stretched fabric working in tension.

Take Tensile structure apart

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