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"Air can be used in a variety of ways to make lightweight, flexible structures. Filled with photographs, models, drawings and diagrams, this book looks at every facet of the subject, examining air-beam structures, air-cell structures, buoyant structures, inflatable structures and many more. It also looks at the construction methods that use air, such as air-inflated steel and aerated concrete"

Air-supported structures. --- Air buildings --- Air pressure support --- Expandable structures --- Inflatable structures --- Pneumatic buildings --- Structures, Air-supported --- Lightweight construction --- Structural engineering --- 772.9 --- opblaasbare producten --- opvouwbare producten --- productdesign --- productdesign, afzonderlijke voorwerpen --- Building materials. Building technology --- Architecture --- air [material] --- bouwtechnologie

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Packed with stunning images this is an indispensable visual guide illustrating and explaining current fabrication processes and material transformation. Providing a documentary of an eclectic range of fabrication techniques, this is the ideal reference for designers who wish to learn more about the materials and current technologies in material production available to them.Featuring the work of 12 fabricators based in the UK, the case studies displayed range from manufacture of complex wire rope, the processes of metal spinning, large-scale composite casting, to

Materials. --- Manufacturing processes.