Structural assembly with a tied, flexurally deformed panel

Abstract From the Canadian patent

An assembly includes a flexurally deformed panel which is connected , to a membrane tie by a linear connector and is tied by the membrane tie to form a geometrically stable pre-stressed structure. More than one panel may be flexurally deformed and tied together in an assembly and more than one membrane tie may be present within an assembly. Panels are typically semi-rigid sheet materials, for example metal sheets plastic sheets, or , sheets of , composite materials such as glass or carbon fibre reinforced plastics or resins. Membrane tie members are typically flexible for example plastic , films, fabrics or nets or arrays of rods or cables. The assemblies have many different geometric …