Comments on: Domes http://gregbabic.com This is the home page of writer Greg Babic (Gregory Victor Babic) Wed, 28 Jan 2009 22:25:16 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Jon Schull http://gregbabic.com/domes/#comment-5 Jon Schull Sun, 03 Aug 2008 17:24:09 +0000 http://gregbabic.wordpress.com/?page_id=26#comment-5 The teeth are a nice idea! I've been wondering whether a dome along these lines constructed of a material like lexan scale to shelter-size, or larger. By "along these lines" I mean * no struts * or struts produced by folding the skin into triangular "tubes" (your teeth might be amenable to this) * or "struts" of tape applied to the seams (the tape would also provide waterproffing. The point is, the materials could be efficiently shipped flat, rapidly assembled onsite with no special tools, and be extremely lightweight. The applications I have in mind include emergency and temporary shelters, bike tunnels (in an elongated mode), greenhouses, etc. A mechanicial engineer's input would be most welcome. The teeth are a nice idea!

I’ve been wondering whether a dome along these lines constructed of a material like lexan scale to shelter-size, or larger.

By “along these lines” I mean
* no struts
* or struts produced by folding the skin into triangular “tubes” (your teeth might be amenable to this)
* or “struts” of tape applied to the seams (the tape would also provide waterproffing.

The point is, the materials could be efficiently shipped flat, rapidly assembled onsite with no special tools, and be extremely lightweight.

The applications I have in mind include emergency and temporary shelters, bike tunnels (in an elongated mode), greenhouses, etc.

A mechanicial engineer’s input would be most welcome.

]]> By: Geodesic dome modeling | Abiyaa http://gregbabic.com/domes/#comment-4 Geodesic dome modeling | Abiyaa Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:39:02 +0000 http://gregbabic.wordpress.com/?page_id=26#comment-4 [...] Geodesic dome modeling Greg Babic sent us a link to his excellent plans for building geodesic domes out of paper (or plastic). When I was a teen, I worshiped Buckminster Fuller and geodesic structures. In my attic, I still have the “Tensegrity Modeling Kit” that I bought with my allowance money (think: hippie Tinker Toys). Looking at these PDFs, the “great circles” call to me. Domes [...] [...] Geodesic dome modeling Greg Babic sent us a link to his excellent plans for building geodesic domes out of paper (or plastic). When I was a teen, I worshiped Buckminster Fuller and geodesic structures. In my attic, I still have the “Tensegrity Modeling Kit” that I bought with my allowance money (think: hippie Tinker Toys). Looking at these PDFs, the “great circles” call to me. Domes [...]

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