When everyday materials are pulled, they stretch or elongate in the direction of the pull and become narrower in ...

From freezing Arctic winds to scorching desert heat, truly resilient buildings are those that endure the test of nature. Today’s modern fabric structures have evolved far beyond temporary tents; they ...

The design of a power plant often revolves around efficiency and mapping out operations in a manner that decreases unnecessary expenditures, while increasing productivity. This challenge produces the ...

In recent years, a quiet revolution has been unfolding within the construction industry. Modular fabric structures—once confined to temporary military tents or seasonal warehouses—are now emerging as ...

Most of us expect materials to behave in a familiar way. When you pull on fabric, it stretches longer and becomes thinner.

NASA engineers have come up with a highly creative solution to improving the functionality and durability of materials used in space. It's called "space fabric," and it's not only fashionable but also ...

Researchers at the Institute of Building Structures and Structural Design in Stuttgart, Germany, are developing flexible composite fiber structural assemblies for the Elytra pavilion, a domed ...

A paper by D. Veenendaal et al. 1 gives a detailed historical perspective of innovators who have proceeded us using fabric as part of their building forming systems, as hydraulic and geotechnical ...

University and Army researchers are taking advantage of the UMass Lowell Fabric Discovery Center to make and test fabric that can act as a portable solar panel, passively collecting energy that can ...

Throughout the 20th century, a number of innovators experimented with fabric as a flexible membrane for the support of fluid concrete, forming structural members. Significant among the early ...