An elementary, stable, compressed, six-node 3D bar and tie SDT (self-deployable tensegrity) structure with a compressed 1D (transport) and deployed 3D (operational) conformation, it consists of three rigid bars (2) and six low-pliability (3a, 3b) and three high-pliability elastic ties (4), where the low-pliability ties form two parallel triangular bases of the structure, which are connected to each other in such a way that each node (la, lb) of one base is connected to two nodes of the other base (la, lb) by one high-pliability elastic tie (4) and one bar (2); as apparatus, folded to the 1D form it is placed in a tube, and once it has reached the required altitude, a lightweight composite cylinder with compressed helium or a different carrier gas is used to fill the aerostat and is disconnected from the lifting platform. The self-tensioning support structure mechanism stabilizes the deployed form of the aerostat.


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    Title :

    A CONCEPT OF THE SDT (SELF DEPLOYABLE TENSEGRITY) STRUCTURE FOR THE RAPID AND PRECISE LIFTING OF HELIUM AEROSTATS, ESPECIALLY INTO THE STRATOSPHERE


    Additional title:

    KONZEPT DER SDT(SELF DEPLOYABLE TENSEGRITY) STRUKTUR FUER DEN SCHNELLEN UND PRAEZISEN AUFTRIEB VON HELIUM BALLONS, INSBESONDERE IN DIE STRATOSPHAERE
    CONCEPT DE LA STRUCTURE SDT (TENSEGRITE AUTO DEPLOYABLE) POUR LE LEVAGE RAPIDE ET PRECIS DES AEROSTATS A HELIUM, EN PARTICULIER DANS LA STRATOSPHERE


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    Publication date :

    2021-12-22


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    E04B Allgemeine Baukonstruktionen , GENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONS / B64B LIGHTER-THAN-AIR AIRCRAFT , Luftfahrzeuge leichter als Luft



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