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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2010 18:50:40 GMT -5
Did this possibility not occur to anyone when they decided on a cloth roof in Minnesota? You'd think that after the previous FOUR times it had collapsed, they'd have figured something else out. (Granted, this is a different material than was in place the other four times; and they thought this material would fix the problem - and it seemed to, as it hadn't collapsed since the new material was put on it 20+ years ago.) |
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Post by mikegarrison on Dec 21, 2010 20:01:48 GMT -5
I guess you can put the air-supported dome into the "nice try" category. Not a lot of similar designs have been built since they were popular in the early 80s.
As material cost and technology changes, and as energy costs change, so do engineering solutions.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 22, 2010 17:31:56 GMT -5
Once the metrodome is gone, though, I will probably miss being "blown" out the door on the way out...
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Post by mikegarrison on Dec 22, 2010 18:19:29 GMT -5
Once the metrodome is gone, though, I will probably miss being "blown" out the door on the way out... Hmm. Sounds like an opportunity for a T-shirt. |
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Post by BearClause on Dec 26, 2010 13:39:24 GMT -5
Once the metrodome is gone, though, I will probably miss being "blown" out the door on the way out... Santa Clara University used to have a gym with a similar air supported fiberglass roof called Toso Pavilion. I'd been there a few times, and they generally insisted that people use the revolving doors, which made for a smoother exit. I once exited via the supposedly alarmed emergency doors, and got shot out. The danger was that there were stairs about 8 ft from the exit, and there was a good chance that someone might get shot that far and tumble down the stairs. They eventually removed the roof and put a rigid roof on the building. The old roof was leaking, and I'm thinking the costs to power the fans were pretty high. |
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Post by pancake83 on Dec 26, 2010 19:05:44 GMT -5
Once the metrodome is gone, though, I will probably miss being "blown" out the door on the way out... Agreed - but that's the second 'that's what she said..' opportunity in this thread so far  |
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