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Purpose:The purpose of this website is to discuss my plans for the protection and sustenance of refugees in around the planet by constructing BioDomes and recruiting all the help from inventors and designers working on similar projects to build the best for the least amount of cost, and build it so that it will not rust out, fall apart, or otherwise malfunction for 1000 years. We can build it out of plastic, or we can build it out of steel and concrete. The Pressurize Balloon Forming Technique just seems like a good idea to me. Most Sail makers today use computers to do exact 3d modeling to design the shape of the sail and also used the same computers to drive the cloth cutter and stitching machine. What more does it take to make a dome from resilient and reusable cloth? One set of balloon forms could be used to make hundreds of domes. Original Intent:The original intent of the BioDome project was to facilitate the construction of large habitats in an extraterrestrial environment. Various Construction Methods:If you were to develop a multi layered balloon where the interstitial layers would contain randomly oriented "Twigs" that are bound to the "net-like" interstitial layer which will provide a miniature re-enforcement rod that would be a compliment to a fiber impregnated liquid used to fill the void between the outer and inner layers. The inner and outer layers will be useful to suspend the interstitial layers with suspension cords. As for the ocean floor installations, we can keep in mind the use of sea water to "inflate the lower layer" without the need to do anything other than fill the space underneath the lower balloon with the same "atmospheric pressure" of the surrounding sea water. Considering the advantage of keeping the outer and inner layers as the part of one balloon. Imagine having a spherical balloon and mounting a "ring" around the balloon where that ring is slightly smaller than the greatest diameter of the balloon. The "ring" is the "foundation plate" that is mounted to the foundations installed on the sea floor in advance. Now visualize the original spherical balloon with the ring attached to the balloon at a point slightly smaller than the greatest diameter effectually dividing the balloon into larger and smaller sections. Then proceed to invert the smaller area of the balloon into the space inside of the larger side of the balloon. Very quickly we can use this method to utilize a perfect spherical balloon to create our first form to build a prototype. Perhaps we could purchase a "large balloon" from a hobby store, perhaps a 36in diameter test case could be used in a prototype experiment. After the first experiment kit is assembled, we can create a multitude of domes that are 36in in diameter using a wide range of materials to test for strength. But if the materials industry already has a standard system for identifying tensile strength, brittleness and various temperatures, ductility, etc., we could determine the best materials without much work. For extra planetary installations, the foundations that fasten the "foundation plate" could be achieved using a drilling rig to install cylindrical foundations that run at an angle underneath the dome that may resemble "Pilings" that support sky scrapers here on Earth but will act in the opposite as they will keep the form firmly and uniformly attached to the surface once it is pressurized. Cost Estimate:The figures presented here are for a cylinder of a certain wall thickness and of a certain height and diameter.
Clusters of Large and Small Domes:
With what we know, we can cheaply and easily build a
place that will be a new center for displaced people that need leadership
and a 'sense of place' like everyone else on this planet.
Despair is the worst condition for any human being, and happiness cannot return until hope has been inspired in the hearts of those people that need it most. Having a "Place" that is solid inspires hope. Much like the mosques, temples, synagogues, and cathedrals have done for hundreds of generations, it is my hope that these simple, solid, safe, and very large domes will fill that requirement of inspiration, and provide hope for thousands of people. Bear in mind that after constructing a large inexpensive dome, others can easily build multi-story traditionally constructed buildings, as required, for utility infrastructure within the dome. One set of balloon forms could be used to make hundreds of domes. A symmetrical dome 100 feet in diameter would provide space for 5 story building in the center and cost less than $200,000 in materials and would provide 7,853 square feet of space under a 50 foot high ceiling. An Elliptical dome 200 feet in diameter could easily house a 15 story building. One could liken the concept of the BioDome Humanitarian Complex as the construction of 'hives' for human development and ecological support. Several sets of 20 foot diameter balloon forms could build thousands of homes in less than a year each providing 314.15 square feet of secure living space with as much as a twenty foot ceiling if the balloon forms a designed to create an elliptical dome. Feeding the masses:
Included in the BioDome project is the mass
production of young sprouted vegetable plants to distributed to local
farmers, and an education center to help local farmers build more
efficient garden plots.
Rules of use may include the requirements of family
agricultural rights where the local governments guarantee a certain area
of ground under a family lease agreement for the purpose of farming.
Imagine a grid laid out in a radiating pattern around
the BioDome that maintains divisions of land, roadways, automated
irrigation, etc...
Perhaps 50 square yards per family of 3. In
planning for an area of 1000 acres, 87,120 fifty sq.yrd (450 sqft) plots
can be divided out reserving 10% of the 1000 acres to build walkways.
87,120 plots feeding at least 3 people feeds a total of 261,360 people.
An installation of this size may be sufficient to rebuild a
local agricultural market.
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