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MODERN BUILDING STRUCTURES USED FOR MILITARY PURPOSES
MODERN BUILDING STRUCTURES USED FOR MILITARY PURPOSES

Author(s): Florin Grosaru, Ciprian Petrică DIACONU
Subject(s): Economy
Published by: Regional Department of Defense Resources Management Studies
Keywords: Spherical Spatial Structure; Golden Section; Geodesic Dome; Regular Pentagon; Regular Hexagon; Tensegrity System

Summary/Abstract: This paper investigates the technical aspects of the spherical spatial structures, focusing on the tensegrity building systems used for military purpose. The spherical spatial structures have been studied and used since antiquity. Pythagoras, Plato and Euclid were conducted extensive research on the concept of such type of structures. Regular pentagon has properties related to the value of the golden section, intuitively used by great architects and engineers since ancient times. In the Middle Ages, Leonardo Da Vinci created spatial objects using proportions based on the golden number, and later R. B. Fuller made the famous geodesic domes. The structures proposed by the authors are based on concepts related to the "golden section", on studies made on the regular pentagon, on the spatial volumes able to be inscribed in spheres and on the tensegrity systems. The proposed structures present some advantages related to the ease of mounting, to the volume covered, to the resistance to the environmental factors (snow, wind, earthquake, and so on). The paper presents the conclusions of the investigations on the components of the spatial structures and on the outcomes of their use.

  • Issue Year: 5/2014
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 117-122
  • Page Count: 6
  • Language: English