Low-tension cable dynamics: Numerical and experimental studies

Journal of Engineering Mechanics

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 347-354

  Koh, C G ^a   Zhang, Y ^a,b   Quek, S T ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b WY Steel Construction Pte Ltd   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; ITERATIVE METHODS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL METHODS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

TRAPEZOIDAL METHOD;

CABLES;

EID: 0033101975     PISSN: 07339399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9399(1999)125:3(347)     Document Type: Article

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