Tube frame
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Tube frame may refer to:
- Tube (structure)Tube (structure)In structural engineering, the tube is the name given to the systems where in order to resist lateral loads a building is designed to act like a three-dimensional hollow tube, cantilevered perpendicular to the ground. The system was introduced by Fazlur Rahman Khan while at Skidmore, Owings and...
, a structure designed to act like a three-dimensional hollow tube so to resist lateral loads - Space frameSpace frameA space frame or space structure is a truss-like, lightweight rigid structure constructed from interlocking struts in a geometric pattern. Space frames can be used to span large areas with few interior supports...
or space structure, a truss-like, lightweight rigid structure constructed from interlocking struts in a geometric pattern - SuperleggeraSuperleggeraSuperleggera is an automobile chassis construction technology developed by Felice Bianchi Anderloni of Italian coachbuilder Carrozzeria Touring. The company was located just north of Milan, near Alfa Romeo, Italian Citroen, and the former Isotta-Fraschini plant...
, sometimes referred to as a tube-frame structure