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Book Synopsis
Twenty-five years after geodesic domes were first introduced, this text presents a method of design and provides a step-by-step method for producing mathematical specifications for orthodox geodesic domes, as well as for a variety of elliptical, super-elliptical and other nonspherical contours.

Table of Contents
What This Book Is

Part One Tensegritty
1. Weight vs. Tension
2. Spherical Tensegrities
3. Complex Spherical Tensegrities
4. Tendon System Minima
5. Geodesic Subdivision
6. Rigid Tensegrities

Part Two Geodesics
7. Great Circles
8. Symmetry Systems
9. The Spherical-Coordinate System
10. Breakdown Systems
11. Choosing a Polyhedron
12. Using the Tables
13. Ellipses and Superellipses
14. Truncations
15. An Advanced Problem
16. Space Frames
17. About Angles

Part Three Dala
18. Class I Octahedral Coordinates
19. Class II Method 1 Octahedral Coordinates
20. Class I Method 1 Icosahedral Coordinates
21. Class II Method 1 Icosahedral Coordinates
22. Tetrahedral Coordinates
23. Class II Method 3 Coordinates and Chord Factors

Appendices
APPENDIX I Writing Class II Method 3 Coordinates
APPENDIX II Calculator Routines
APPENDIX III HP-65 Programs

Geodesic Math and How to Use It

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      Publisher University of California Press
      Published 20 October 2003
      ISBN-13 9780520239319
      978-0520239319
      ISBN-10 0520239318
      Also in:
      Architectural structure and design

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Twenty-five years after geodesic domes were first introduced, this text presents a method of design and provides a step-by-step method for producing mathematical specifications for orthodox geodesic domes, as well as for a variety of elliptical, super-elliptical and other nonspherical contours.

      Table of Contents
      What This Book Is

      Part One Tensegritty
      1. Weight vs. Tension
      2. Spherical Tensegrities
      3. Complex Spherical Tensegrities
      4. Tendon System Minima
      5. Geodesic Subdivision
      6. Rigid Tensegrities

      Part Two Geodesics
      7. Great Circles
      8. Symmetry Systems
      9. The Spherical-Coordinate System
      10. Breakdown Systems
      11. Choosing a Polyhedron
      12. Using the Tables
      13. Ellipses and Superellipses
      14. Truncations
      15. An Advanced Problem
      16. Space Frames
      17. About Angles

      Part Three Dala
      18. Class I Octahedral Coordinates
      19. Class II Method 1 Octahedral Coordinates
      20. Class I Method 1 Icosahedral Coordinates
      21. Class II Method 1 Icosahedral Coordinates
      22. Tetrahedral Coordinates
      23. Class II Method 3 Coordinates and Chord Factors

      Appendices
      APPENDIX I Writing Class II Method 3 Coordinates
      APPENDIX II Calculator Routines
      APPENDIX III HP-65 Programs

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