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use in building construction

  • construction of apartment buildings
    In construction: Postwar developments in long-span construction

    …from bridge construction is the cable-stayed roof. An early example is the TWA Hangar (1956) at Kansas City, Missouri, which shelters large aircraft under a double cantilever roof made of semicylindrical shells that reach out 48 meters (160 feet); deflection is reduced and the shells kept in compression by cables…

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  • construction of apartment buildings
    In construction: Steel structures

    Cable-stayed roof construction is another structural system derived from bridge building. A flat roof structure in bending is supported from above by steel cables radiating downward from masts that rise above roof level; spans of up to 72 metres (236 feet) have been built. Another…

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