Table of contents

1 INTRODUCTION

The importance of manufacture and erection

Ambition, aim and scheme of the book

2 MATERIALS FOR TENSILE SURFACE STRUCTURES

Introduction

Structural composition and manufacture

Linear load-bearing elements

Surface load-bearing elements

Material behaviour of coated fabrics

Mechanical properties

Fabrication of coated fabrics

Development

Compensation, strip layout

Criteria for the patterning

Cutting out the pieces

Methods of jointing surfaces

Permanent surface joints

Reusable surface joints

Methods of transferring force at the edge

Geometry of the edging and effect on bearing behaviour

The detailing of edges and their anchorage at corners

Edge details

Corner details

3 CONSTRUCTION OF TENSILE SURFACE STRUCTURES

Introduction

Construction management

Aims and tasks of construction management

Scheduling

Modelling erection procedures

Construction engineering

Design detailing for erection practicality

Erection equipment and machinery

Cranes and lifting devices

Tensioning devices and equipment for ropes

Tensioning devices and aids for membrane sheets

Scaffolding working platforms and temporary construction

Erection procedure

Criteria affecting the erection procedure

Remarks about the erection of the primary structure

Erection procedures for membrane structures

Construction

Preparation work and preassembly

Lifting and hanging structural elements

Introduction of loads - pretensioning

Control of the forces in flexible structural elements

Determination of force in ropes

Measurement of membrane stresses

4 SUMMARY AND OUTLOOK

References

Illustration acknowledgements

Projects (1989-2007)