Lightweight and flexible membranes offer different façades for buildings (suitability,
competitive costs, durability, and other benefits) compared to traditional building materials …

Pneumatic structures are recognized as promising thin-walled structures for their
advantageous features such as lightness, portability, versatile design, and ease of …

Inflatable structures have very interesting properties such as low weight, compact transport
volume and easy set up. Both manned and unmanned aircraft have been built using …

A series of flexible structures incorporating an airbag and ultra-high molecular weight
polyethylene (UHMWPE) fiber panels were designed as temporary architectures to offer …

The load bearing behavior of an asymmetric spindle shaped Tensairity girder is studied
experimentally and compared to finite element analyses. The influence of the air pressure …

The load-bearing behavior of a symmetric spindle-shaped Tensairity girder with 5-m span
and thin chords is studied experimentally, numerically, and analytically. The influence of the …

Tensairity dome is a lightweight spatial structure composed of struts stabilized by cables and
airbags inflated by low pressurized air. Two forms of Tensairity domes with annular airbags …

In recent years, the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) has undergone rapid development in
field of agricultural plant protection; however, the payload and max-endurance are …

This paper introduces a novel Tensairity dome that combines the strengths of flexible
members and rigid members. The structural performance for inflation, symmetric loading …

This paper describes a novel type of Tensairity dome, which is composed of a tensegrity
cable dome and several inflated cushions. The cushions and cable dome act as a whole in …