Textile Composites and Inflatable Structures II

by Onate, Eugenio; Kroplin, Bernard

• ISBN13: 9781402068553
• ISBN10: 1402068557
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-02-13
• Publisher: Springer Verlag

Summary

The book contains 14 invited contributions written by distinguished authors who participated in the Second International Conference on Textile Composites and Inflated Structures held in Stuttgart, 2-4 October 2005. The book includes state-of-the-art contributions written by international experts in the field of design, analysis and construction of textile composites and inflatable structures. The different chapters discuss recent progress and future research directions the field.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
Innovative Developments in Fiber Based Materials for Construction	p. 1
Finite Element Simulation of the Mechanical Behaviour of Textile Composites at the Mesoscopic Scale of Individual Fibers	p. 15
A Predictive Fabric Model for Membrane Structure Design	p. 35
Modelling Fabric-Reinforced Membranes with the Discrete Element Method	p. 51
Introducing Cutting Patterns in Form Finding and Structural Analysis	p. 69
Kinematics in Tensioned Structures	p. 85
Pneumatic Formwork for Irregular Curved Thin Shells	p. 99
Static Analysis of Taut Structures	p. 117
Analysis of Free Form Membranes Subject to Wind Using FSI	p. 141
Membrane Structures Formed by Low Pressure Inflatable Tubes. New Analysis Methods and Recent Constructions	p. 163
Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis of Inflatable Prefolded Membrane Structures under Hydrostatic Loading	p. 197
Advanced Capabilities for the Simulation of Membrane and Inflatable Space Structures Using SAMCEF	p. 211
Structural Air - Pneumatic Structures	p. 233
Recent Developments in the Computational Modelling of Textile Membranes and Inflatable Structures	p. 253
Author Index	p. 267
Subject Index	p. 269
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