内容简介
Aircanbeusedinavarietyofwaystomakelightweight,flexiblestructures.Itcanbeusedtomakeinflatablestructures,mobilestructuresandtemporarybuildings,itcanalsoactivatemovableelementsandactasameansofconstructingbuildingsthatwouldbeimpossiblewithconventionalconstructionmethods.Thisbooklooksateveryfacetofthesubject,examiningthedifferenttypesofairstructure:superpressurebuildings,airbeamstructures,buoyantstructures,inflatablestructuresandmanymore.Italsolooksattheconstructionmethodsthatuseair,suchasair-inflatedsteel,aeratedconcreteandblowmoulding.Filledwithphotographs,models,drawingsanddiagrams,thisistheidealbookforcuriousstudents,designersandarchitects.