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Stable Minimal Surfaces in Form-Finding of Lightweight Tension Structures
The paper presents a study of minimum energy forms of prestressed cable nets and membranes. Attention is directed towards accuracy and efficiency of numerical form-finding of stable minimal surfaces represented by soap-film models. The models are used to verify the correctness of the numerical approach. Within the numerical algorithm, which is based on a Dynamic Relaxation method, the performance of linear and triangular types of surface discretisations is examined.
Stable Minimal Surfaces in Form-Finding of Lightweight Tension Structures
The paper presents a study of minimum energy forms of prestressed cable nets and membranes. Attention is directed towards accuracy and efficiency of numerical form-finding of stable minimal surfaces represented by soap-film models. The models are used to verify the correctness of the numerical approach. Within the numerical algorithm, which is based on a Dynamic Relaxation method, the performance of linear and triangular types of surface discretisations is examined.
Stable Minimal Surfaces in Form-Finding of Lightweight Tension Structures
Lewis, W.J. (author) / Gosling, P.D. (author)
International Journal of Space Structures ; 8 ; 149-166
1993-09-01
18 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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