Deflections of highly inflated fabric tubes

Thin-Walled Structures

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1049-1066

  Thomas, J C ^a   Wielgosz, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

Author keywords

Following forces; High pressure; Inflatable finite tube element; Inflatable tubes

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DEFLECTION (STRUCTURES); FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HIGH PRESSURE EFFECTS; LOADING; SILOS (AGRICULTURAL); STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

FOLLOWING FORCES; HIGH PRESSURE; INFLATABLE FINITE TUBE ELEMENT; INFLATABLE TUBES;

TUBES (COMPONENTS);

EID: 2942585397     PISSN: 02638231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tws.2004.03.007     Document Type: Article

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