Sunday, 15 June 2014

The Inflatable Concrete Dome

TECH SPACE
The Inflatable Concrete Dome
Vienna, Austria (SPX) Jun 13, 2014 - When concrete shells are constructed, they usually have to be supported by elaborate timber structures. A revolutionary technique developed at the Vienna University of Technology now uses inflatable air cushions instead. Large shell structures made of concrete or stone are hardly ever built any more. The reason is that their construction requires large, expensive supporting structures. At ... more


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