On the presence of bending stresses in inflated thin-walled structures

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science

Volumn 211, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 341-348

  Chew, G G ^a,b   Howard, I C ^a,b   Patterson, E A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b ARUP   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bending stresses; Finite element models; Inflated thin walled structures

Indexed keywords

BENDING (DEFORMATION); FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRESSES;

MEMBRANE STRUCTURES;

INFLATABLE STRUCTURES;

EID: 0031360390     PISSN: 09544062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/0954406971522097     Document Type: Article

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