Extended and integrated numerical form finding and patterning of membrane structures

Journal of the International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures

Volumn 50, Issue 160, 2009, Pages 35-49

  Bletzinger, Kai Uwe ^a   Linhard, Johannes ^a   Wuchner, Roland ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cutting pattern; Form finding; Numerical methods; Patterning; Structural analysis; Updated reference strategy

Indexed keywords

ADDITIONAL STRESS; ANALYSIS AND DESIGN; CONVENTIONAL APPROACH; CUTTING PATTERN; CUTTING PATTERNS; DISCRETIZATION; FORM FINDING; FORM FINDING METHOD; MEMBRANE STRUCTURES; PATTERNING; STRESS DISTRIBUTION; STRESS STATE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE; UPDATED REFERENCE STRATEGY;

CONTINUUM MECHANICS; FLEXIBLE STRUCTURES; MEMBRANES; NUMBER THEORY; STRESS CONCENTRATION; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

NUMERICAL METHODS;

EID: 67649556336     PISSN: 1028365X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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