Jack J Groom

US Patent:

44739761, Oct 2, 1984

Filed:

Apr 23, 1979

Appl. No.:

6/032409

Inventors:

Edward N. Kuznetsov - Columbus OH
Jack J. Groom - Columbus OH

Assignee:

Battelle Development Corporation - Columbus OH

International Classification:

E04G 1104

US Classification:

52 80

Abstract:

Disclosed is a structure of flexible tensile members which requires only two arrays of said members for obtaining lateral stiffness of said structure, the ends of each member being attached to contour elements and the members of each array having opposite curvatures for forming an axisymmetric geodesic network which is a section of a surface of revolution. The members of both arrays are prestressed and said network is geometrically arranged to be torque-balanced within said contour elements.