Hypar Tensile Fabric Roof

Rather than using dimensional structural material such as lumber or metal to create a structural skeleton and then sheathing that skeleton with a waterproof covering steel sheets shingles etc a hypar roof uses very little material to create the frame and relies instead upon stretching a fabric over the frame to form a hyper parabola an arch in two perpendicular directions and coating that fabric with a thin 3 8 inch layer of latex modified cement.

Hypar tensile fabric roof. The sail shade is an attractive and fashionable canopy shape which is technically known as a hypar. Tensile structure systems is a boutique firm in the tensile membrane structure industry. For hypars with a high level of fabric curvature the sensitivity of the maximum fabric deflection to changes in elastic modulus are very low right hand side of fig. Utilising the hyperbolic paraboloid orion hypar fabric canopies are probably the simplest of all tensile structures with a distinctive shape created when the diagonally opposite corners of a sail are raised.

If you need cover for your school college hospital visitor attraction workplace or home just choose from our range of more than 50 ready to install pre designed and engineered tensile fabric structures and garden shade sails. This twist produces the hypar form while opposing tension forces keep the canopy membrane tight across the span. Or if you have something special in mind just tell us. With tensile fabric structures everything is designed by us and hand made locally by our trusted suppliers.

As modular tensile structures are not designed to withstand harsh conditions they have a moderate lifespan of 8 15 years. Designer atrium roofing tensile fabric structures commercial atrium shade structures tensile structures aluminum atrium shade structures tensile structures atrium shade structures for hotel atrium shade structures structure. Easy to install and dismantle and hence can cover roof fabric structure a vast area in a short span of time. A wide range of fabric tensile stiffnesses have been modelled from 100 kn m through more typical values of 400 2000 kn m to a maximum of 5000 kn m.

Fabritec structures designs engineers fabricates and installs lightweight structures that range vastly in scope and service from massive stadiums and amphitheaters to building entryways and covered walkways we develop our unique structures utilizing an assortment of highly engineered materials including etfe film ptfe and pvc membranes precision welded carbon steel structures specially. The most common modular shapes include hypar cones pagoda barrel vault pole tents double vault. The hypar hyperbolic paraboloid style is truly unique incorporating structural design with an innovative look. George nez and albert knott.

The hypar thin shell concrete roof is a roofing system developed by george nez and albert knott of tsc global who trained groups in several developing countries in how to construct them. We have over 30 years experience in the design engineering and manufacturing of tension fabric tensile membrane structures.