New Technology will allow Kibbie Dome to expand with cantilevered upper decks. FFD?

[AKBison]

Read a blurb article on Scout today about how the Kibbie Dome will be able to add upper decks on both sides of its building using consruction techniques made possible with new technology. It doesn't state what that technology is but I thought it was interesting none the less. If we could add a couple decks like this to the FFD and push are capacity north of 25k that would be awesome!

http://idaho.scout.com/2/1182373.html

[DjKyRo]

It goes to show how much attention I've paid/attended class at all in the two architecture classes I've taken that I have no idea what cantileevering is.

[Rockbear99]

Two equations are key to understanding the behavior of MEMS cantilevers. The first is Stoney's formula, which relates cantilever end deflection δ to applied stress σ:
where ν is Poisson's ratio, is Young's modulus, is the beam length and is the cantilever thickness. Very sensitive optical and capacitive methods have been developed to measure changes in the static deflection of cantilever beams used in dc-coupled sensors.
The second is the formula relating the cantilever spring constant to the cantilever dimensions and material constants:
where is force and is the cantilever width. The spring constant is related to the cantilever resonance frequency by the usual harmonic oscillator formula . A change in the force applied to a cantilever can shift the resonance frequency. The frequency shift can be measured with exquisite accuracy using heterodyne techniques and is the basis of ac-coupled cantilever sensors.


See how easy that is. Not a clue what it means but I do like to copy and paste.

[BadlandsBison]

It goes to show how much attention I've paid/attended class at all in the two architecture classes I've taken that I have no idea what cantileevering is.

Meh, you only would have learned how to draw a cantilever

Aint that right, OregunBison?

[IndyBison]

Meh, you only would have learned how to draw a cantilever

Aint that right, OregunBison?

As a recovering architecture major you are 100% correct. My designs were always critiqued by saying "That would be built, but..." Isn't that the point? Oh well. I espcaped and made a good career out of my degree anyway.

[56BISON73]

Two equations are key to understanding the behavior of MEMS cantilevers. The first is Stoney's formula, which relates cantilever end deflection δ to applied stress σ:
where ν is Poisson's ratio, is Young's modulus, is the beam length and is the cantilever thickness. Very sensitive optical and capacitive methods have been developed to measure changes in the static deflection of cantilever beams used in dc-coupled sensors.
The second is the formula relating the cantilever spring constant to the cantilever dimensions and material constants:
where is force and is the cantilever width. The spring constant is related to the cantilever resonance frequency by the usual harmonic oscillator formula . A change in the force applied to a cantilever can shift the resonance frequency. The frequency shift can be measured with exquisite accuracy using heterodyne techniques and is the basis of ac-coupled cantilever sensors.


See how easy that is. Not a clue what it means but I do like to copy and paste.

Well played!!!!

[Dubbsy]

Structural hurdles aside, there's not enough height up there to do it.

[The_Sicatoka]

Structural hurdles aside, there's not enough height up there to do it.

Trying something like that in FargoDome, imagine the pitch the seating would have to be at for the last row to see both sidelines.

[TransAmBison]

Trying something like that in FargoDome, imagine the pitch the seating would have to be at for the last row to see both sidelines.

You are right...it would be a pitch.

[Bison bison]

Two equations are key to understanding the behavior of MEMS cantilevers. The first is Stoney's formula, which relates cantilever end deflection δ to applied stress σ:

Man, I loved the Snorks.