Tensile Structure Material

It’s a tough job when it comes to choosing a suitable material for tensile structure. While one can easily cling to traditional ones like concrete and wood to build one, it takes lot of time – the precious commodity these days. Turn over to fabrics! They are a lot quicker to design. The materials used are usually polymers –

• Ethylene tetrafloroethyelen – excellent greenhouse characteristics. Mostly used where warmth is a requirement.
• Teflon – coated over fiberglass, used for its ability to withstand extreme temperature conditions.
• Cotton – Due To Its Low Cost.
• Silicon Coated Glass Cloth – For Its Amazing Fire Resistance Capabilities.
• Nylon And Mylars–Areas Where Fire Resistance Is Not A Priority.

It should be worth mentioning that other than qualities mentioned here almost all materials exhibit some common properties like durability, elasticity, self-cleansing properties in varying degree. It’s just that some exhibit some properties more pronounced than the others and find their use accordingly.