space frame
Noun
Meaning
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space frame (plural space frames)
(architecture) A three-dimensional truss, often of steel, forming a rigid, stable structure
Examples
K7 was of very advanced design and construction, and its load bearing steel space frame ultra rigid and stressed to 25g (exceeding contemporary military jet aircraft).
The forged steel globes to be used in the space frame came to the site with hairline cracks and other defects; 12,000 were rejected.
In the MERO system, Platonic solids are used for naming convention of various space frame configurations.
This was the tallest building in Hong Kong and Asia from 1990 to 1992, the first building outside the United States to break the 305 m (1,000 ft) mark, and the first composite space frame high-rise building.