Articulated space frame to form building dome has hexagonal sub frames with summits connected by equilateral triangular frames

摘要

The dome frame (1) is formed from hexagonal frames (3-5) with three summits (7,9,11) connected by an equilateral triangle (15) with common hypotenuse sides. The apices of the isosceles triangles correspond to the apices of the hexagon. The hexagons are connected in pairs by a single apex. Two isosceles base triangles and a third complementary isosceles triangle (12) are placed on the side opposite the plane of the equilateral triangle (15) to form a dome surface.