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One module of the uLites prototype was successfully built in Barcelona on January 2015.
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Tests on the tubes manufactured for the ulites emergency shelter have taken place in December in the Buildair
One of the three inflatable tubes tested in Buildair’s factory
Flexible solar cell and anchoring strap attached to an inflated tube
Flexible solar cell attached to an inflated tube
Carbon fibre straps with their cover and anchoring pieces with straps and shackle
Reduced storage of the inflatable tubes - On July-28 August 01 2014 and on September 15- 19 -2014 researchers from CIMNE were invited to give a 3ECTS PhD courses at the Technical University of Munich “The Finite Element Method for Fluid-Structure Interaction with open source software”. The lecturers were given by Dr. Riccardo Rossi and Dr Pooyan Dadvand. Ulites numerical technology was presented as a possible application.
- On July 22nd, 2014, the uLites partners meets in Barcelona and visit Buildair
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- • On July 18th The II KRATOS workshop took place in Barcelona. The Ulites features were presented as a possible KRATOS application.
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Foto taken at the Kratos Workshop
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• February 2014: the physical wind tunnel tests were performed at CRIACIV laboratories. Experiments on both of rigid a flexible models were tested. A student from TUM was present at the tests in Florence.
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Images of the rigid model tested in the physical wind tunnel
Images of the flexible model tested in the physical wind tunnel
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The uLites partners will be present to the MEMBRANES 2013 conference http://congress.cimne.com/membranes2013/frontal/default.asp, 9-11 October 2013 in Munich, Germany
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Visit of the uLites partners to Naizil s.p.a. on September 13.
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uLites partners in front of a lightweight
Naizil structure with SolarPanelTesting the new ideas During the meeting
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