What Are The Characteristics Of Dome-Fridge

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The inspiration of Dome-Fridge was came from the working principle of the igloo by the Eskimos. As Figure 1 displayed, the appearance of Dome-Fridge looks similarly to an igloo, which both of them are having a dome-shaped structure. However, the structure and functions carried out by igloos and Dome-Fridge are different. For instance, igloos are built above ground and used to keep inside warm in the extreme cold northern regions, whereas Dome-Fridge is buried in the soil to have a cool atmosphere with low temperature inside it for storage of vaccines. Dome-shaped was chosen for the design because it exhibits few characteristics that are more advantageous for this project compared to the rectangular-shaped. First of all, dome-shaped is the