The general Idea from my interpretation was to produce a lightweight structure that uses minimal material yet uses technology to account for the lack of girth and material. - Rogelio Mercado — Rogelio Mercado
The buildings are always designed with redundant structural assemblies to resist forces that might happen maybe .001 time of their existence and sometimes never. So what happens when all that structural apparatus and weight has taken out from an experimental "structure" is explained to a group of traveling students by Prof. Haag from HOCHSCHULE BIBERACH UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES in Stuttgart, Germany. This fascinating video shot by Cal Poly student Rogelio Mercado shows how the actuators placed in four corners re-distribute the weight continuously and keep the large plywood sheet dome from collapsing.
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Amazing! But pretty unclear as the the actual reason for the motions of the actuators. Are the corners being moved in order to counterbalance wind forces on the structure? And to suppress the associated vibrations? What will they do during a heavy wind-storm? What happens if they just turn it off, does this thing collapse?
Or is the motion somehow just purely about dead load? I can't believe it.
George Showman, I think he answers some of your questions in the video on vibration, response times, materials, etc.. But I am not so clear by just seeing the video either. I like the experiment and the partial results and possibilities...
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