Building a full-scale deployable dome

Lara Alegria Mira; Kelvin Roovers; Aline Vergauwen; Niels De Temmerman

Building a full-scale deployable dome

Lara Alegria Mira, Kelvin Roovers, Aline Vergauwen, Niels De Temmerman

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Abstract

Deployable scissor structures allow a transformation from a compact state to an expanded configuration enabling them to adapt to changing needs. Many studies have been conducted on this field. However, it is known that more structural insights are gained and the complexity rises when physical models with cross-sections and joints are built. This paper reviews the construction of a full-scale prototype of a deployable scissor dome. The prototype was built, as low-tech and as low-budget as possible, as a test to go through the whole process: from a line model, to manufacturing the components, to assemble the structure manually and to test the deployment.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Workshop Research Prototypes
Number of pages	4
Publication status	Published - 21 Feb 2013
Event	Research Prototype workshop of the fifth conference on Sustainable Construction and Design (SCAD'13) - STAM, Ghent, Belgium Duration: 21 Feb 2013 → 21 Feb 2013

Publication series

Name	the Research Prototype workshop of the fifth conference on Sustainable Construction and Design (SCAD'13)

Conference

Conference	Research Prototype workshop of the fifth conference on Sustainable Construction and Design (SCAD'13)
Abbreviated title	SCAD'13
Country/Territory	Belgium
City	Ghent
Period	21/02/13 → 21/02/13

Keywords

Deployable scissor structures
icosahedron dome
component design
manufacturting and assembly
full-scale prototype

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