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Record 1 1997-07-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Technical Textiles
  • Architecture
  • Special-Language Phraseology
CONT

The textile membranes typically used in architecture are coated fabric ... The design of a building having textile membrane components is somewhat special: it cannot be done by an architect alone. Because the shaping of the overall form means creating a double curved surface which is under tension in all loadcases.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Textiles techniques
  • Architecture
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité
CONT

En architecture les membranes textiles [...] sont des tissus enduits. De haute ténacité, elles sont, en même temps, légères et translucides [...] La conception d'un bâtiment incluant des membranes textiles est assez spéciale [...] La mise au point de la forme générale implique la création d'une double courbure inversée, en tout point sous tension.

Spanish

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