CUED's Engineering Design Challenges

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Bridge Design

Introduction

Kit List

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Spring-Powered Vehicle:

Introduction

Kit List

Resources

Aircraft Undercarriage:

Introduction

Stadia Roofing:

Introduction

General

MDP CD

Engineering Design

Project Management

Drawing & CAD

Mechanisms

Structural Design

VLE/Forum

Interesting Links

Various resources are available online to help you with the design of your retractable roof. Below we have collated many of the most useful websites.

Retractable Roofs

The Deployable Structures Laboratory at CUED is carrying out research into Retractable Roof Structures. Their website details some of the alternative designs currently being used or researched and contains much theoretical detail on deployable structures.

The Reliant Stadium in Houston, Texas features a retractable roof that can be deployed in around ten minutes. This website gives an overview of the stadium and its surround facilities.

The Millennium Stadium in Cardiff is famed for its retractable roof, the largest of any stadium in the world.


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