Talk:Tensile structure
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[edit] Tent
Are tents Tensile structures? --Richy 14:07, 30 November 2006 (UTC)
Yes and no. There are two parts to a tent - the frame and the fabric covering. The frame is most often not a tensile structure, it consists of poles in compression or in modern "geodesic" tents of arched poles. The fabric is usually tensioned by guy ropes though, so usually the tent would be classified as a tensile structure. If however the fabric is just fed over the structure, and no guy ropes used, as in some modern tents, it is not really a tensile structure (although the fabric will resist wind/snow loads by going into tension). Tkn20 01:38, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Notable structures
I added an important missing structure (Butlins, Minehead, UK) and moved the 3 most famous ones to the top of the list. Garry
I put the list back into alphabetical order - I think it's less subjective.
[edit] Construction Specifications Institute & Masterformat
Is this relevant enough for inclusion? It's certainly only relevant to the US. I have never heard of the classifications - does anyone know about them? Is CSI a commercial organisation trying to sell it's specifications, or is this of genuine importance?
