Material testing & computational mechanics - A new philosophy for architectural fabrics

International Journal of Space Structures

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 215-232

  Gosling, P D ^a   Bridgens, B N ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ARUP   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Analysis; Fabric; Material testing; Stress strain behaviour

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; COMPUTATIONAL MECHANICS; ELASTIC CONSTANTS; ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTICITY; FABRICS; INTERPOLATION; STRAIN; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

ANALYSIS; ARCHITECTURAL FABRICS; FUNCTIONAL REPRESENTATION; HOMOGENEOUS MATERIALS; INTERPOLATION SCHEMES; MATERIAL TESTING; SCATTERED DATA POINTS; STRESS STRAIN BEHAVIOURS;

WEAVING;

EID: 58849096215     PISSN: 09560599     EISSN: 20598033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1260/026635108786959870     Document Type: Conference Paper

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