A new two-node catenary cable element for the geometrically non-linear analysis of cable-supported structures

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science

Volumn 224, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1173-1183

  Yang, M G ^a,b   Chen, Z Q ^b   Hua, X G ^b  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HUNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

cable element; cable supported structures; catenary cable; geometric non linear

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLEXIBLE STRUCTURES; GEOMETRY; STIFFNESS MATRIX; SUSPENSION BRIDGES;

CABLE ELEMENT; CABLE SUPPORTED STRUCTURES; CABLE-SUPPORTED STRUCTURE; CONSTRUCTION STAGES; EFFICIENT ANALYSIS; EXPLICIT EXPRESSIONS; GEOMETRIC NON-LINEAR; LONG SPAN; NODAL FORCE; NONLINEAR FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; NUMERICAL EXAMPLE; PRE-STRESS; SELF-WEIGHT; SPATIAL CABLE; STRUCTURAL PARAMETER; TANGENT STIFFNESS MATRIX; TENSION STRUCTURE;

CABLES;

EID: 77953934429     PISSN: 09544062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544062JMES1816     Document Type: Article

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