Experimental Study on Forming and Performance of High-pressure Air-rib Emergency Surgical Tent Protective Structure

JU Zhu; ZHANG Zimeng; LIU Feng; WANG Yining; QIN Jie

doi:10.19554/j.cnki.1001-3563.2026.07.031

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Packaging Engineering ›› 2026, Vol. 47 ›› Issue (7) : 274-281. DOI: 10.19554/j.cnki.1001-3563.2026.07.031

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Experimental Study on Forming and Performance of High-pressure Air-rib Emergency Surgical Tent Protective Structure

JU Zhu^a,b, ZHANG Zimeng^a,b, LIU Feng^a,b,*, WANG Yining^a,b, QIN Jie^a,b

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The work aims to design and develop a connected high-pressure air-rib emergency surgical dome tent to improve its structural mechanical performance, erection efficiency, and equipment protection capability, and ensure the timely and smooth implementation of on-site emergency surgeries, so as to address the requirements for rapid deployment, high stability, and effective protection of emergency equipment at disaster sites. Two structural schemes for the main tent were proposed: a high-pressure frame air-rib structure and a high-pressure full air-rib structure. Their mechanical performance, erection efficiency, and wind-resistant protection capability were verified through forming tests and outdoor wind load tests. Meanwhile, a parallel inflation process was adopted for the full air-rib tent to verify its rapid deployment performance. The test results showed that the full air-rib tent was more suitable for the actual usage requirements of emergency surgery in terms of mechanical performance, molding efficiency, etc. With the parallel inflation process, a full-scale tent model with dimensions of 13.8 m×6 m×3.6 m could be fully erected within 15 min, retracted in less than 15 min, and achieved a fold-expansion ratio of 42∶1. The all air-rib tent combines excellent mechanical properties and rapid deployability, providing support for the engineering application and performance optimization of emergency tent equipment at disaster sites.

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high-pressure frame air-rib tent / high-pressure full air-rib tent / forming test / outdoor wind load test

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JU Zhu, ZHANG Zimeng, LIU Feng, WANG Yining, QIN Jie. Experimental Study on Forming and Performance of High-pressure Air-rib Emergency Surgical Tent Protective Structure[J]. Packaging Engineering. 2026, 47(7): 274-281 https://doi.org/10.19554/j.cnki.1001-3563.2026.07.031

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