Structure and Enclosure Details

Typical Connection At Roof Cable

VRML format
Around 4.7 MB

Typical Connection At Compression Ring

VRML format
Around 6 MB

Entire Osaka Dome VRML Model

VRML format
Around 14 MB

Technical Presentation Drawings

Detail
Cable/Ring Connection
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Section Detail
Cable/Fabric/Ring Connection
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Section Detail
Cable/Fabric/Ring Connection
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Detail
Cable/Ring Connection
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Berm Section
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Free Body Diagram
Wind
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Section Detail
Cable Crossing and
Lacing-Skirt Detail
Civil Engineering - ASCE
March 1970, fig. 3, p. 50

Section Detail
Typical Ring Detail
Progressive Architecture
August 1970, p. 66

Ring Cross Section
Building Research and Practice
March/April 1975, p. 80

Plan with dimensions
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Plan and Section
Dome as Built
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