For decades, self-supporting towers have been predominant in extra-high voltage (EHV) overhead transmission line design. Four recent projects have augmented their tower families with guyed ...
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How do bird nests stay together? Researchers unravel entanglement between stiff, straight rods
The concept of constructing a self-supporting structure made of rods—without the use of nails, ropes, or glue—dates back to Leonardo da Vinci. In the Codex Atlanticus, da Vinci illustrated a design ...
MARC FORNES / THEVERYMANY’s giant alien-like structure is pushing the envelope for self-supporting architecture. Built of material as thin as a coin, Minima | Maxima is a 43-foot-tall organic building ...
Researchers found that the masonry of Italian renaissance domes, such as the duomo in Florence, use a double-helix structure that is self-supporting during and after construction. Their study is the ...
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