PNEUMATIC STRUCTURE
INTRODUCTION :-
PNEUMATIC STRUCTURE IS A MEMBRANE WHICH CARRIES LOAD DEVOLPED FROM THE TENSILE STRESSES.
ITS STABLIZATION IS DONE BY PRESTRESSING THE MEMBRANE EITHER BY:-
a) APPLYING AN EXTERNAL FORCE WHICH PULLS THE MEMBRANE TAUT b) INTERNAL PRESSURIZING IF THE MEMBRANE IS VOLUME ENCLOSING. SUCH STRUCTURES ARE CALLED “PNEUMATIC STRUCTURES” .
THESE STRUCTURES CAN CREATE ARTIFICIAL ENVIRONMENTS ADAPTABLE TO HUMAN USE .
THE PNEUMATIC FORMS ARE BOUND TO
INCREASE N POPULARITY, OWING TO
THE TREMENDOUS FREEDOM THEY
PROVIDE TO THE ARCHITECTS IN
DESIGNING LARGE FREE SPACES
WITHIN THEM.