Tensile Structures: How Do They Work and What Are the Different Types?

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Historically inspired by some of the first man-made shelters—such as the black tents first developed using camel leather by the nomads of the Sahara Desert, Saudi Arabia, and Iran, as well as the structures used by Native American tribes—tensile structures offer a range of positive benefits compared to other structural models.

Tensile structure is the term usually used to refer to the construction of roofs using a membrane held in place on steel cables. Their main characteristics are the way in which they work under stress tensile, their ease of pre-fabrication, their ability to cover large spans, and their malleability. This structural system calls for a small amount of material thanks to the use of thin canvases, which when stretched using steel cables, create surfaces capable of overcoming the forces imposed upon them.

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Cite: Pereira, Matheus. "Tensile Structures: How Do They Work and What Are the Different Types?" [Estruturas tensionadas: Racionalidade e leveza] 18 Mar 2018. ArchDaily. (Trans. Carvalho, Guilherme) Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/887462/tensile-structures-how-do-they-work-and-what-are-the-different-types> ISSN 0719-8884

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