Easy chair, by Jerszy Seymour for Magis, 2004. Injection moulded glass fibre reinforced polypropylene (PP-GF20). The underside features a truss structure, which increases stiffness without adding much material.
Mixed concrete block and timber frame construction. Load bearing interior walls in medium-density concrete block, with floor cassettes in engineered wood I-beams, with particleboard skins.
Electricity pylons are constructed from carbon steel sections welded to form a truss structure. They are galvanised and painted to protect them from corrosion.
Electricity pylons are constructed from carbon steel sections welded to form a truss structure. They are galvanised and painted to protect them from corrosion.
Electricity pylons are constructed from carbon steel sections welded to form a truss structure. They are galvanised and painted to protect them from corrosion.
Beijing Airport Terminal 3, designed by Foster and Partners and engineered by Arup, completed 2008, features louvres manufactured from extruded aluminium, mounted to a trussed steel roof structure
Beijing Airport Terminal 3, designed by Foster and Partners and engineered by Arup, completed 2008, features louvres manufactured from extruded aluminium, mounted to a trussed steel roof structure
Tokyo Gate Bridge, completed 2012, is constructed from BHS500, a type of bridge high performance steel, coated with fluoroethylene vinyl ether (FEVE). The Lumiflon coating, a type of fluoropolymer, offers exceptional resistance to weathering and UV with a long service life. It provides the 25 micron topcoat on a multilayer system made up of 75 micron zinc-rich anti-corrosion primer and 120 micron epoxy resin undercoat, plus 30 micron epoxy-based primer for the FEVE.
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