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Tensile Structure
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This Wikipedia page provides an overview of tension structures and describes the important architects and engineers who use this form of construction. The page includes the history of tension structures, a discussion of the double curvature minimal surfaces, and an introduction to their mathematical analysis. Numerous drawings and photographs illustrate the page.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tensile_structure
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Motion, Forces, and Energy
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- Statics of Rigid Bodies
= Equilibrium
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Image Credit: Denver International Airport; Image source; larger image This resource was a Physics To Go feature from July 16, 2010 until August 1, 2010. View the feature here!


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Keywords: Roofs, Structural system, Tensile architecture, Tensile membrane structures
Record Creator: Metadata instance created July 8, 2010 by Foha Rafiq
Record Updated: Jul 09, 2010 by Ed Lee
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when Cataloged:		 June 18, 2010
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Tensile Structure (Wikipedia, 2010), <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tensile_structure>.
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Tensile Structure. (2010, June 18). Retrieved May 23, 2013, from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tensile_structure
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Wikipedia. Tensile Structure. Wikipedia, June 18, 2010. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tensile_structure (accessed 23 May 2013).
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Tensile Structure. Wikipedia, 2010. 18 June 2010. 23 May 2013 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tensile_structure>.
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