Defects of tensioned membrane structures (TMS) in tropics

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aut.researcherWood, Lincoln
dc.contributor.authorWang, C
dc.contributor.authorAbdul-Rahman, H
dc.contributor.authorWood, LC
dc.contributor.authorMohd-Rahim, FA
dc.contributor.authorZainon, N
dc.contributor.authorSaputri, E
dc.date.accessioned2013-12-18T06:02:11Z
dc.date.accessioned2013-12-18T06:02:24Z
dc.date.accessioned2013-12-18T06:02:35Z
dc.date.accessioned2013-12-18T06:02:49Z
dc.date.available2013-12-18T06:02:11Z
dc.date.available2013-12-18T06:02:24Z
dc.date.available2013-12-18T06:02:35Z
dc.date.available2013-12-18T06:02:49Z
dc.date.copyright2013-10-26
dc.date.issued2013-10-26
dc.description.abstractThe wide use of tensioned membrane structures (TMS) becomes prominent in many designs because of its aesthetic, ergonomic, and economical nature. Recently, TMS has been applied in the tropics with zone success,fully yet its defects specific to this region have received little attentionhave been hardly specified for this region. Through a questionnaire survey among of 890 uses and technicians of TMS in three different areas in Malaysia, this study identified the most frequently occurringed TMS defects in the tropics, such as "deterioratione of roof coatings", "corrodesion or fatigued in fixings", "fungal decay, mould growth, and dirty in membrane", "corrosion in anchor cables", and "degradation of fabrics". These defects are which were quite different from those in other climatic zones. The top five causes of TMS defects in the tropics are weather, aging, design, construction/installation, and material selection. However, Oonly "corrodesion or fatigued in fixings" is a significant predictor for "deterioration of roof coatings". Though it While this is not a causal effect, in practice in light of this, a practical implication is that TMS maintainers maintenance workers do not have to climb up to the roof to check the deterioration in coating but only need to predict that the deterioration through the corrossioncorrosionde levels in of the fixings instead. Further, seven countermeasures for TMS in tropic were are recommended. This study is the first comprehensive study examining tensioned membrane structure defects in the tropics zone.
dc.identifier.citationJournal of Performance of Constructed Facilities. DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)CF.1943-5509.0000530 (Oct. 26, 2013).
dc.identifier.doi10.1061/(ASCE)CF.1943-5509.0000530
dc.identifier.issn0887-3828
dc.identifier.issn1943-5509
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10292/6307
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherAmerican Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
dc.relation.replaceshttp://hdl.handle.net/10292/6304
dc.relation.replaces10292/6304
dc.relation.replaceshttp://hdl.handle.net/10292/6305
dc.relation.replaces10292/6305
dc.relation.replaceshttp://hdl.handle.net/10292/6306
dc.relation.replaces10292/6306
dc.relation.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)CF.1943-5509.0000530
dc.rightsAuthors may post the final draft of their work on open, unrestricted Internet sites or deposit it in an institutional repository when the draft contains a link to the bibliographic record of the published version in the ASCE Civil Engineering Database.
dc.rights.accessrightsOpenAccess
dc.subjectTensioned membrane structure
dc.subjectDefects in TMS
dc.subjectDeterioration of roof coatings
dc.titleDefects of tensioned membrane structures (TMS) in tropics
dc.typeJournal Article
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