ABSTRACT

Structures can be classified by their basic forms. https://www.niso.org/standards/z39-96/ns/oasis-exchange/table">

Solid

Walls, arches, vaults, dams etc.

Surface

Grids, plates, shells, stressed skins

Skeletal

Trusses and frameworks

Membrane

Cable/membrane tents, cable nets, pneumatics

Hybrids

Tension-assisted structures