Numerical study of dynamic relaxation with kinetic damping applied to inflatable fabric structures with extensions for 3D solid element and non-linear behavior

Thin-Walled Structures

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1468-1474

  Rodriguez, J ^a   Rio, G ^a   Cadou, J M ^a   Troufflard, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ EUROPÉENNE DE BRETAGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Dynamic relaxation; Form finding; Inflatable structures; Kinetic damping

Indexed keywords

CIRCULAR MEMBRANES; DR METHOD; DYNAMIC RELAXATION; DYNAMIC RELAXATION METHOD; ELASTIC BEHAVIOR; EXPLICIT INTEGRATION; EXPLICIT SCHEME; FABRIC STRUCTURES; FINAL OBJECTIVE; FINITE DEFORMATIONS; FINITE ELEMENT; FORM-FINDING; IMPLICIT INTEGRATION; INTERMEDIATE PHASIS; KINETIC DAMPING; LINEAR ELASTICITY; NON-LINEAR; NONLINEAR BEHAVIOR; NUMERICAL EXAMPLE; NUMERICAL STUDIES; SOLID ELEMENTS; STIFFNESS MATRICES; TIME INCREMENTS; TRIANGULAR ELEMENTS;

DAMPING; ELASTICITY; INFLATABLE STRUCTURES; KINETIC THEORY; STIFFNESS MATRIX;

NUMERICAL METHODS;

EID: 80052273118     PISSN: 02638231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tws.2011.07.011     Document Type: Article

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