Membrane
structures:
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| Tensile membrane structure |
The light and freeform structure to
span a long distance with the usage of minimum material (such as steel cables,
columns, membrane) in their manufacturing is Membrane Structure. Besides offering many interesting possibilities
ranging from railway platform roofing to sports complex, these structures are highly energy-efficient
& save much money in transportation too. In the urban region, membrane
structures are traditionally designed as structures with high curvature, and
nowadays more and more as flat structures, in highly aesthetic way. Additionally,
these roofing membrane structures begin
to mixed with glass in order to produce bright filled spaces.
Key Reasoning Behind Their Growing Trend:
In Architectural Industry, Membrane structures have been used for more
than 50 years. Besides
their increasing popularity in architectural design & abundance within
buildings, the main concern is to recognize the reason behind the increasing
trend and growing popularity in almost every sphere of life whether it is
commercial, residential or industrial. The key reasons are as follows:
·
Aesthetic Design with fashion sense: Membrane structures can be easily
manipulated into various types of shapes and are rich in color. Formation of
Aesthetic night scenes with the coordination of light, gives membrane
structures a competitive edge with today’s high-tech modern buildings.
·
Less Energy Consumption: Membrane material used in the
structures is relatively good in transmission of light (with 7% to 20%
transmittance), not only makes full use
of natural light, but also consumes least energy. This makes people feel good
and dreamlike.
·
Rapid
Construction: The tailoring of membrane diaphragms, the manufacturing of steel
cables, steel structures etc. are finished in factories. Only linkage,
positioning & installment of steel cables & steel structures are
carried out on the construction site, makes the overall manufacturing easy as
well as fast.
·
Safety
& Reliability: Roofing Membrane structures are light in weight and their earthquake resistance is
relatively better than other steel structures. These structures can
tolerate of a huge amount of displacement in overall collapse of building.
·
Weather
Resistance: The weather resistance of membrane material is a comprehensive index,
which prevents membrane structures to get affected by natural phenomena such as
daylight, temperature variation, rain wash, dust erosion. This outlines its
years of service, its aging resistance, self-cleaning ability and intensity
attenuation.
·
Optical
Properties: The optical properties of membrane material refer to optical
phenomenon like reflection, transmission, absorption and scattering. The
effects of membrane material on light of various different wave bands satisfy
the light requirements of various indoor activities.
·
Fireproofing
Performance: The membrane material itself is non-inflammable or flame
retardant. Maintaining the stability of the framework of membrane structure in
the case of fire/damage of membrane surface is one another noticeable issue
connected to the fireproofing of membrane structure.
·
Sufficient
Durability: Stability & durability are basic mechanical properties that all
building structures must satisfy. Ranging from a frigid arctic climate to hot
& scorching weather, membranes such as PTFE fiberglass, ETFE film and PVC
proved to be an
excellently durable and long lasting fabrics used in the manufacturing of
membrane structures .
As a leading membrane structures manufacturers, Hindustan Alcox Limited specializes in creating customized membrane
structures with sophisticated designed practices. Our fabric architecture also
includes tensile membrane structures,
which require a prior understanding of shape and form, the behavior of the
materials used and the forces acting on it.
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Hindustan Alcox Limited, New Delhi
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