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Description of the Diagrid
The Loading on a Diagrid

Description of the Diagrid

System Components and Functions

Typical Uses of the Diagrid
Limitations of the System
Materials and Construction

"A Diagrid is a design for constructing large buildings with

steel that creates triangular structures with diagonal support beams."

Numerical Parameters
Diagrids vs. Other Structural Systems
Bibliography

Structures Variety
Diagrid - Group 14
AE 390
Kristyn Lemons & Lorena Alvarado
October 17, 2011

Hearst Tower, New York City

The beams of the triangular system can be either straight or curved
and use horizontal rings that when combined make the diagrid structural system.

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