- Shukhov Rotunda
Shukhov Rotunda, round exhibition pavilion for the All-Russia Exhibition in
Nizhny Novgorod of1896 with lattice hanging covering (tensilegridshell - latticeroof ,Russian Empire patent №1894 datedMarch 12 ,1899 ) and the World First Membraneroof (in center of the Rotunda). Designed byVladimir Shukhov in1895 . [ cite web | title = Rotunda of the Panrussian Exposition | date = 2007 | publisher = Nicolas Janburg, ICS | work = International Database and Gallery of Structures | url = http://en.structurae.de/structures/data/index.cfm?ID=s0000385 | accessdate = 2007-11-28]The diameter of Rotunda - 68 meters, height - 16 meters, the diameter of steel Membrane - 25 meters.
ee also
* Vladimir Grigorievich Shukhov
*Thin-shell structure
*List of thin shell structures
* Tensile and membrane structures
*All-Russia exhibition 1896
*Structural engineering References
* "The Nijni-Novgorod exhibition: Water tower, room under construction, springing of 91 feet span", "The Engineer", № 19.3.1897, P.292-294, London,
1897 .
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* Шухов В. Г.: Избранные труды, том 1, «Строительная механика», 192 стр., под ред. А. Ю. Ишлинского, Академия наук СССР, Москва, 1977.
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