Textile Composites and Inflatable Structures

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Oñate, Eugenio (Editor), Kröplin, Bern (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2005.
• Series: Computational Methods in Applied Sciences ; 3
• Subjects: Materials science.; Computer mathematics.; Computational intelligence.; Structural mechanics.; Buildings > Design and construction.; Building.; Construction.; Engineering, Architectural.; Materials Science.; Materials Science, general.; Structural Mechanics.; Computational Science and Engineering.; Computational Intelligence.; Building Construction.

Table of Contents:

• On the Design Process of Tensile Structures
• Systems for Lightweight Structure Design: the State-of-the-Art and Current Developments
• Recent Developments in the Analytical Design of Textile Membranes
• Finite Element Analysis of Membrane Structures
• Applications of a Rotation-Free Triangular Element for Finite Strain Analysis of Thin Shells and Membranes
• FE Analysis of Membrane Systems Including Wrinkling and Coupling
• Wrinkles in Square Membranes
• F.E.M. for Prestressed Saint Venant-Kirchhoff Hyperelastic Membranes
• Equilibrium Consistent Anisotropic Stress Fields in Membrane Design
• Efficient Finite Element Modelling and Simulation of Gas and Fluid Supported Membrane and Shell Structures
• Widespan Membrane Roof Structures: Design Assisted by Experimental Analysis
• Fabric Membranes Cutting Pattern
• Inflated Membrane Structures on the Ground, in the Air and in Space - A Classification
• Post-Tensioned Modular Inflated Structures
• Experiences in the Design Analysis and Construction of Low Pressure Inflatable Structures
• Recent Advances in the Rigidization of Gossamer Structures
• Form-Optimizing Processes in Biological Structures. Self-generating structures in nature based on pneumatics
• Making Blobs with a Textile Mould.