Finite element formulation for modeling sliding cable elements

Computers and Structures

Volumn 82, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 271-280

  Zhou, B ^a   Accorsi, M L ^a   Leonard, J W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Cables; Finite element; Parachutes; Sliding contact

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; PARACHUTES; STIFFNESS; VECTORS;

SLIDING CABLE ELEMENTS; TANGENT STIFFNESS MATRIX; TIME-DEPENDENT MASS MATRIX;

CABLES;

EID: 0346094021     PISSN: 00457949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruc.2003.08.006     Document Type: Article

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