Innovative surface structures :technology and applications
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Abingdon ]England[ ; New York
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Taylor & Francis
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2008
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vi, 232 p. : ill
GENERAL NOTES
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Includes bibliographical references )p. 223-224( and index
CONTENTS NOTE
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Surface architecture -- Lightweight design-new directions -- Quest for thinness -- Membrane structures -- Types and structural behaviour -- Form-finding and analysis -- Materials and fabrication -- Rigid surfaces -- Form and structure -- From concepts to constructs -- Material and construction approaches -- Perspectives -- Emerging technologies and systems -- Towards a new architecture of structural surfaces