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1Tensile structure — A tensile structure is a construction of elements carrying only tension and no compression or bending. The term tensile should not be confused with tensegrity, which is a structural form with both tension and compression elements.Most tensile… …
2Hyperboloid structure — Hyperboloid structures are architectural structures designed with hyperboloid geometry. Often these are tall structures such as towers where the hyperboloid geometry s structural strength is used to support an object high off the ground, but… …
3Architecture and Civil Engineering — ▪ 2009 Introduction Architecture For Notable Civil Engineering Projects in work or completed in 2008, see Table (Notable Civil Engineering Projects (in work or completed, 2008)). Beijing was the centre of the world of architecture… …
4T. V. S. R. Appa Rao — T.V.S.R. Appa Rao is a scientist from India. He is an Emeritus Scientist with over 40 years of experience in Research Development in the areas of structural analysis design, testing, and failure investigations including those due to natural… …
5Church Army Chapel, Blackheath — Drawing by E.T. Spashett General information Architectural style Modern …
6Vladimir Shukhov — Vladimir Grigoryevich Shukhov ( ru. Владимир Григорьевич Шухов), (OldStyleDate|August 28|1853|August 16 February 2 1939) was a Russian engineer polymath, scientist and architect renowned for his pioneering works on new methods of analysis for… …
7Gridshell — A gridshell is a structure which derives its strength from its double curvature (in the same way that a fabric structure derives strength from double curvature), but is constructed of a grid or lattice.The grid can be made of any material, but is …
8arts, East Asian — Introduction music and visual and performing arts of China, Korea, and Japan. The literatures of these countries are covered in the articles Chinese literature, Korean literature, and Japanese literature. Some studies of East Asia… …
9igneous rock — Any of various crystalline or glassy, noncrystalline rocks formed by the cooling and solidification of molten earth material (magma). Igneous rocks comprise one of the three principal classes of rocks, the others being metamorphic and sedimentary …
