Welcome Students!. Geodesic Dome Mitchell Park Superior Dome Tacoma Dome

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Welcome Students!

Geodesic Dome

Mitchell Park

Superior Dome Tacoma Dome

Project Eden

Geodesic Dome: a lightweight dome built out of connected triangular shapes

Joint: An intersection where various parts of a structure are connected

Tension: A force that stretches or lengthens something

Compression: A force that presses or condenses something

Compression

Compression

Tension

Tension

Strain: When a physical body is deformed due to a force such as tension or compression

Strain Strain

Load Bearing: A part of a structure that supports its own weight as well as part or all of the entire structure’s weight.

Let’s build a Geodesic Dome!

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