Covertex. (Susan Dawson Reviews the Latest Cladding Products).A new cycling stadium in Aigle, Switzerland, is covered with a double-layered pneumatic pneumatic /pneu·mat·ic/ (noo-mat´ik) 1. pertaining to air. 2. respiratory. pneu·mat·ic adj. 1. Of or relating to air or other gases. 2. membrane which, with an area of 5,000sq m. is the world's largest pneumatic structure pneumatic structure Membrane structure that is stabilized by the pressure of compressed air. Air-supported structures are supported by internal air pressure. A network of cables stiffens the fabric, and the assembly is supported by a rigid ring at the edge. . In plan the stadium is a 90m x 60m ellipse ellipse, closed plane curve consisting of all points for which the sum of the distances between a point on the curve and two fixed points (foci) is the same. It is the conic section formed by a plane cutting all the elements of the cone in the same nappe. with 28 steel posts at the perimeter to support the roof. It consists of upper and lower PVC-PES membranes retained by flying masts and cable structures and pressurized pres·sur·ize tr.v. pres·sur·ized, pres·sur·iz·ing, pres·sur·iz·es 1. To maintain normal air pressure in (an enclosure, as an aircraft or submarine). 2. by two 5kW fans. Email: b.fauchon@covertex.de Enquiry 502 www.arplus.com/enq.htm |
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