Form-finding of a grid shell in composite materials

Journal of the International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures

Volumn 47, Issue 150, 2006, Pages 53-62

  Douthe, C ^a   Baverel, O ^a   Caron, J F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST   (France)

Author keywords

Composite material; Dynamic relaxation; Form finding; Grid shell; Non linear analysis

Indexed keywords

ERECTION PROCESS; FORM FINDING; GRID SHELL; NON-LINEAR ANALYSIS;

BENDING (FORMING); BUCKLING; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GLASS FIBERS; STRUCTURAL LOADS;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

EID: 33646748238     PISSN: 03043622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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