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Retractable Air Beam Roof for Large Stadiums
The detailed principle, structure, manufacture and designing method of a retractable roof for large stadiums or other huge spaces are established. This roof is formed by using a number of connected and paralleled inflatable arc shaped tubes (called “air beams”) made of soft material (membrane). Using successive inflation to the tubes can realize deploying of the roof, and using successive deflation of tubes can realize retraction of the roof. All these processes can be completed by an automatically controlled program. A rigorous mathematics derivation and mechanics proof show that, the retractable air beam roof with durable membrane of ordinary durability can have a large span of over 100 meters, and can withstand in a regularly extreme (critical) weather (heavy wind, rain, snow and hail). The outstanding strong point of this kind of retractable roof is absolutely safe for spectators and performers (or competitors) inside the stadium.
Retractable Air Beam Roof for Large Stadiums
The detailed principle, structure, manufacture and designing method of a retractable roof for large stadiums or other huge spaces are established. This roof is formed by using a number of connected and paralleled inflatable arc shaped tubes (called “air beams”) made of soft material (membrane). Using successive inflation to the tubes can realize deploying of the roof, and using successive deflation of tubes can realize retraction of the roof. All these processes can be completed by an automatically controlled program. A rigorous mathematics derivation and mechanics proof show that, the retractable air beam roof with durable membrane of ordinary durability can have a large span of over 100 meters, and can withstand in a regularly extreme (critical) weather (heavy wind, rain, snow and hail). The outstanding strong point of this kind of retractable roof is absolutely safe for spectators and performers (or competitors) inside the stadium.
Retractable Air Beam Roof for Large Stadiums
LIU TINGQI (author) / LIU KEH CHUNG (author)
2022-01-13
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC:
E04H
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