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	Geodesic dome - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A geodesic dome (IPA: /ʤiədɛsɪk/ or /ʤiədizɪk/ /dəʊm/) is an almost spherical structure based on a network of struts arranged on great circles (geodesics) lying approximately on the surface of a sphere.
		The geodesic dome appealed to Fuller because it was extremely strong for its weight, its "omnitriangulated" surface provided an inherently stable structure, and because a sphere encloses the greatest volume for the least surface area.
		In this context, it is symbolized by "v." The chord in a dome is calculated as twice the sine of half the "central angle of the chord" (the central angle of the chord is the angle between the center point inside the sphere and the ends of the chord).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Geodesic_dome (2529 words)

	Geodesic - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Geodesics are defined to be (locally) the shortest path between points on the space.
		The term "geodesic" comes from geodesy, the science of measuring the size and shape of Earth; in the original sense, a geodesic was the shortest route between two points on the Earth's surface, namely, a segment of a great circle.
		In physics, geodesics describe the motion of point particles; in particular, the path taken by a falling rock, an orbiting satellite, or the shape of a planetary orbit are all described by geodesics in the theory of general relativity.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Geodesic (1288 words)

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		The geodesic dome is a structure with the highest ratio of enclosed area to external surface area, and in which all structural members are equal contributors to the whole.
		The geodesic dome has a high strength to weight ratio because it is made of lightweight materials but is made in such a way that the stress is evenly distributed to all members in the structure.
		An offshoot of the geodesic dome is the "tensegrity" structure.
	www.geodomeroof.com /EB305CST2_geodesic_dome.html (698 words)

	WNET: Bucky Fuller Geodesic Dome (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		A geodesic dome uses a pattern of self-bracing triangles in a pattern that gives maximum structural advantage, thus theoretically using the least material possible.
		Local loads are distributed throughout the geodesic dome, utilizing the entire structure.
		Geodesic domes get stronger, lighter (qt movie, 2.6mb, no sound), and cheaper per unit of volume as their size increases--just the opposite of conventional building.
	www.thirteen.org /bucky/dome.html (279 words)

	From Geodesic to Monolithic Domes
		The Geodesic dome was the basis of inspiration for the Monolithic Dome.
		A geodesic dome is made of a myriad of pieces that are attached in such a manner that it forms a segmented dome.
		Geodesics are built using standard building materials such as wood and are susceptible to termites, rotting and require continued maintenance.
	www.monolithic.com /thedome/geodesic (589 words)

	Geodesic Dome (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		A geodesic dome combines the structural stability of a triangle with the overall strength and efficiency of a sphere.
		Geodesic domes are strong because their design balances the forces of compression and tension.
		The geodesic dome is used for houses, sports stadiums, temporary structures and planetariums.
	www.kyrene.k12.az.us /itech/amsitech/activities/geodome/geodome.htm (1183 words)

	Geodesic Domes Homes ~ Energy Efficent Do It Yourself Domes
		Since Geodesic Domes are factory manufactured to exacting standards using triangular networks forming hexagons and pentagons, this method provides for a free-span, self-supporting structure requiring no internal supports, such as roof load-bearing partion wall.
		Domes are stronger and safer homes, and have proven to withstand tornados, hurricanes, and earthquakes far better than ordinary, conventional box homes.
		Geodesic Domes provide the greatest amount of floor area and volume with the least amount of surface area, drastically reducing the quanity of building materials required.
	www.domehomes.com (297 words)

	Geodesic Dome Gardening - Design
		What the dome owners have found over the years is that the plants in the containers tend to dry out much quicker and experience more extremes of temperature thus creating more stress and more potential problems with plant growth, pests and diseases.
		In the Growing Dome, usually there is an outer raised bed, a circular pathway, and then an inner raised bed.
		Among these are members of the cabbage family, cabbage kale, collards, brussel sprouts, broccoli, cauliflower, all the members of the onion family, garlic, leek, peas, lettuce, root crop such as radish, rutabaga, turnips, beets, carrots and daikon radish.
	www.geodesic-greenhouse-kits.com /gardening_design.php (540 words)

	Geodesic Dome Design by MiJa Gourlay (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		I have presented high-4 designs for a larger geodesic dome that allow the edges to be shorter, although the number of edges is about quadruple of this design.
		After the size of the dome is determined, the sizes of the poles is determined by using the factors given above: Multiply the radius (i.e., half the diameter) of the dome by 0.61803399 for the long poles, and by 0.54653306 for the short poles.
		In practice, the dome is somewhat flexible, so that if the vertex holes are not drilled precisely, it will be possible to bend the dome to line up the vertex holes, although bending the dome into shape is less elegant than simply driling the holes in the right place.
	geodesicdome.info (4168 words)

	Geodesic Dome History - Invention of the Geodesic Dome
		Fuller’s domes gained world wide attention upon his Italian premiere and by that time the U.S. military had already begun to explore the options of using domes in their military projects because they needed speedy but strong housing for soldiers overseas.
		This dome and its sister 50-foot dome, along with all of the molds, were donated to BFI by Fuller’s family in 1995.
		Geodesic shelters have been built all around the world in different climates and temperatures and still they have proven to be the most efficient human shelter one can find.
	www.ideafinder.com /history/inventions/geodesicdome.htm (1144 words)

	CafeTrip.com (Canada) - Montreal Geodesic Dome Pictures, Information, Wallpaper & Pics
		The U.S. pavilion would be a huge geodesic dome; what was needed was a large enclosed area that had no internal supports, and a geodesic dome was just the answer.
		The most famous “mundane” use of the geodesic dome was to create domes to house radar dishes for the military.
		Such a dome is considered a “near spherical structure”; a network of struts arranged on great circles (geodesics) lying on the surface of a sphere.
	www.cafetrip.com /feature/montreal/geodesicdome (293 words)

	Oregon Dome, Inc.
		Domes use fewer lumber resources and are more energy efficient, winter and summer.
		Of the per square foot cost given, the dome kit, often 30-40K is part of the "finished" project.
		We will use a factor of foundation and new home construction in your area, less land and saving generated by dome construction and participation you want/can to do and with answers to questions about floor coverings, countertops, jetted tub and low voltage, establish the proposed budget.
	www.domes.com (926 words)

	Geodesic Dome Education
		Geodesic dome structures, invented by R. Buckminster Fuller, have been called “the strongest, lightest, and most efficient means of enclosing space yet devised by man,” by the American Institute of Architects, but very few schools mention them.
		The 6-nook and other geodesic spheres”; that you made can be cut or “truncated”, as we did with the 12-nook, to make a dome rather than a sphere.
		The geodesic dome was patented only in 1954 and it takes a long time for ideas to filter into textbooks, especially at the middle and elementary grades.
	www.earth360.com /math_geodesic_dome_education.html (3948 words)

	DOME GEOM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The frequency of a dome relates to the number of smaller triangles into which it is subdivided.
		Geodesic domes may also be based on other polyhedra, such as the octahedron and tetrahedron.
		The classic geodesic sphere is composed of 20 curved triangles, each of which corresponds to one facet of the icosahedron, a 20-faceted polyhedron.
	www.grunch.net /synergetics/domes/domegeo.html (248 words)

	Geodesic Dome - The Theory
		A geodesic structure is one that follows the surface geometry of a sphere.
		Geodesics Unlimited follows the lead of the Surrey University Space Structures Research Centre, which, in our view, is the world’s leading authority on the configuration of space frame structures, of which the geodesic dome is one.
		This has ribs extending down from the crown of the dome, rings extending horizontally around the dome, and diagonals extending from intersections between ribs and rings on one horizontal ring to those on the next.
	www.geodesics-unlimited.com /geodesic_dome_theory.htm (406 words)

	Housing, Dwellings & Shelters: Geodesic Dome
		In 1922 Dr. Walter Bauersfeld developed a geodesic dome for Carl Zeiss in Jena Germany, he may be considered as the "inventor" of the geodesic dome.
		then popularized in the 60's the geodesic domes, gave it this name, and received several patents for it.
		My first reaction on the geodesic dome was of excitement to see such a construction form a half-sphere, though the smaller sub-division versions (like 2V) looked too edgy for my taste as I am more interested in round, smooth and circular forms.
	housing.byrene.com /Geodesic_Dome (491 words)

	Chapter 9: Mathematics
		Some years ago I built a geodesic dome out of ½ inch galvanized steel electrical conduit, to serve as an aviary for chickens and small parrots.
		In the gumdrop dome we have green gumdrops at the center of the pentagons, and orange gumdrops at the center of the hexagons, and red gumdrops everywhere else.
		We begin assembling the dome by connecting one side of the center pentagon to one side of a hexagon.
	sci-toys.com /scitoys/scitoys/mathematics/dome/dome.html (1180 words)

	Geodesic Domes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The dome is a structure with the highest ratio of enclosed area to external surface area, and in which all structural members are equal contributors to the whole.
		Geodesic dome out of fl metal pipes and joints and a blue metallic sphere with some lighting arcing around.
		Buckminster Fuller invented the Geodesic Dome in the late 1940s to demonstrate some ideas about housing and ``energetic-synergetic geometry'' which he had developed during WWII.
	www.insite.com.br /rodrigo/bucky/geodome.html (336 words)

	Geodesic Club House
		Geodesic domes are made of interlocking geometric shapes--often triangles.
		Geodesic domes were popularized by an American inventor named Buckminster Fuller (1895-1983).
		Because the dome tends to flop over unless it's supported, and stapling is a bit tricky unless you get help holding all the newspaper tubes together.
	www.yesmag.bc.ca /projects/geodesic.html (544 words)

	Pacific Domes - Geodesic Event Domes, Shelter Systems, Greenhouse & Playground Domes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Domes are nature's perfect structure and provide a unique and functional space for every use.
		These synergetic structures are perfect for a family dwelling, guesthouse, workshop, yoga or art studio as well as for events, trades shows, greenhouse and playground equipment.
		Our domes are engineered with steel frames that withstand heavy snow and hurricane winds and are perfect for shelter systems.
	www.pacificdomes.com (166 words)

	Detail Plans for a Geodesic Dome Observatory
		I assembled my dome in two pieces; the upper half to the row of 5 pentagons; and the lower half of the remaining 5 hexagons and half-hexagons.
		Center the dome on the ring and glue the dome to the base ring using carpenter's glue.
		After the dome has been set in place on its rollers, the strips are fastened to the outside edge of the dome ring, overlapping the strips 2"- 3".
	www.orednet.org /~jgarlitz/geodome.htm (5000 words)

	Greenhouse kits, Geodesic Dome Greenhouse, Greenhouses
		The Growing Dome now in its 17th year, was developed and tested at 8,000 feet in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado by Growing Spaces, LLC.
		Using a Growing Dome Greenhouse, you will be able to grow plants throughout the year, even in the harshest of climates.
		Many of our dome owners are choosing to create a lush tropical environment year round, as typically, the Growing Dome greenhouse, if heated, uses only one third of the amount of heat needed by a normal greenhouse because of its unique features.
	www.geodesic-greenhouse-kits.com (519 words)

	HOME BUILDING : Geodesic Dome: Discovery : DIY Network
		They were hesitant to learn of their parent’s decision to build a dome home, but the more they thought on it, the more they liked the idea.
		A dome is a structure that uses a triangle as its basic space frame.
		Geodesic dome structures may range from 23 to 80 feet in diameter.
	www.diynetwork.com /diy/home_building/article/0,2085,DIY_13953_3943439,00.html (328 words)

	Structural Analysis of a Geodesic Dome
		The domes have soil packed over them which was never anticipated in the original design.
		An assessment of the loading encountered by the domes should be performed and alterations to the design of the dome to accommodate the expected loading should be recommended.
		Out of the 120 dome caps supplied to the Water Bank housing project 40 are planned to be subterranean and are therefore affected.
	home.btconnect.com /engindia/geodesicdome.htm (545 words)

	The R. Buckminster Fuller FAQ: Geodesic Domes
		Yacoe eventually realized that he could build a dome of polygonal panels guided by the principle that one point on each side of every panel had to be tangent to (or touch) an imaginary circumscribed dome.
		A dome with R-14 throughout can outperform a well insulated conventional house of comparable S/F. For those solar minded people, the placement of the solar collectors >on the ``roof'' is less critical due to the curved nature of the top of >the structure.
		F is what Fuller called the Frequency of the geodesic sphere and, in the Class I case, corresponds to the number of grid intervals along any one of the 20 triangle edges.
	www.cjfearnley.com /fuller-faq-4.html (4401 words)

	Joe's Foam Geodesic DomeA Backyard Dome Observatory
		The observatory dome is constructed of polystyrene "bead-board"
		The dome design is a common geodesic dome.
		The dome is slightly greater than a hemisphere.
	www.orednet.org /~jgarlitz/observ.htm (329 words)

	Professional Dome Plans -- Building geodesic domes made easy.
		Whether you're a professional home builder, a do-it-yourself type or you already own a dome home but would like a matching outbuilding or shop, Professional Dome Plans gives you the tools you'll need to successfully build a geodesic dome.
		Professional Dome Plans, has brought the other-worldly science of building geodesic domes down to earth where it belongs — firmly within the abilities of the do-it-yourselfer...
		Jeffery O. Hill is a former plant manager at Oregon Dome where he helped produce commercial and residential domes.
	www.domeplans.com (367 words)

	Geodesic Dome
		The top pentagon of the dome will be popped farther out in the future, allowing for a small cupola that'll aid in ventilation, by providing areas for clearstory windows that'll be protected by the oversized top pentagon's generous overhang.
		The dome's being built on a pretty overlook of the Apple River, close to where an old dam was built nearly 100 years ago.
		I'd already pointed out to them that I have three separate, contiguous parcels of land, and that the dome was sited on it's own 40 acre property separate from the 40 where the old farm house sits, but in their zeal for prosecution, they'd apparently forgotten about this important detail.
	www.frontiernet.net /~dooda/geo_dome.htm (2079 words)

	ZOOM . activities . sci . Geodesic Dome \| PBS Kids
		Geodesic domes are made up of a pattern of connected triangles and are very strong.
		You can build a giant geodesic dome out of newspaper.
		Finally, add the last five shorts so that they meet at a single point in the center of the dome.
	pbskids.org /zoom/activities/sci/geodesicdome.html (455 words)

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