Gridshell in composite materials: Towards wide span shelters

Journal of the International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures

Volumn 48, Issue 155, 2007, Pages 175-180

  Douthe, Cyril ^a   Baverel, Olivier ^a   Caron, Jean François ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST   (France)

Author keywords

Composites materials; Dynamic relaxation; Eccentricity; Gridshells; Loading tests; Prototype

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS; LOAD TESTING; RELAXATION PROCESSES;

DYNAMIC RELAXATION; ECCENTRICITY; GRIDSHELLS; LOADING TESTS;

SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

EID: 39449107410     PISSN: 1028365X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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