Tensile structure
（重定向自Tension structure）
![The world's first tensile steel Shell by Vladimir Shukhov (during construction), Nizhny Novgorod, 1895](/Images/godic/202502/15/Tensile_Steel_Lattice_Shell_of_Oval_Pavilion_by_Vladimir_Shukhov_18951654.jpg")
![The Sidney Myer Music Bowl in Kings Domain, Melbourne](/Images/godic/202502/15/Sidney_Myer_Music_Bowl1654.jpg")
![The Olympic Stadium in Munich makes extensive use of tensile roofing structures.](/Images/godic/202502/15/Olympiastadion_Muenchen1654.jpg")
![The world's first steel membrane roof and lattice steel shell in the Shukhov Rotunda, Russia, 1895](/Images/godic/202502/15/Membrane_Roof_and_Tensile_Lattice_Shell_of_Shukhov_Rotunda_18951654.jpg")
A tensile structure is a construction of elements carrying only tension and no compression or bending. The term tensile should not be confused with tensegrity, which is a structural form with both tension and compression elements. Tensile structures are the most common type of thin-shell structures.