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Tensile Membrane Structures
Tensile membrane structures owe their capacity to resist loads to tension stresses in membranes supported by cables, columns, other members such as beams or arches, and/or pressurized air. For tensile membrane structures with unusual shapes and/or with long‐spans it is necessary to resort to wind tunnel testing. Commonly performed on rigid models, such testing can provide time histories of pressures at large numbers of points on the structures' surfaces. The deformations induced by the time‐ and space‐dependent aerodynamic pressures can be calculated by accounting for geometric and material non‐linearities and for dynamic effects. Computational Wind Engineering (CWE) simulations are increasingly being performed with a view to modeling aerodynamic or aeroelastic response. The form of tensile membrane structures must be consistent with specified geometric boundary conditions and cable and fabric prestress. Prestressing and anticlastic shapes are designed to prevent the occurrence of membrane flutter and of compression in the membrane and cables.
Tensile Membrane Structures
Tensile membrane structures owe their capacity to resist loads to tension stresses in membranes supported by cables, columns, other members such as beams or arches, and/or pressurized air. For tensile membrane structures with unusual shapes and/or with long‐spans it is necessary to resort to wind tunnel testing. Commonly performed on rigid models, such testing can provide time histories of pressures at large numbers of points on the structures' surfaces. The deformations induced by the time‐ and space‐dependent aerodynamic pressures can be calculated by accounting for geometric and material non‐linearities and for dynamic effects. Computational Wind Engineering (CWE) simulations are increasingly being performed with a view to modeling aerodynamic or aeroelastic response. The form of tensile membrane structures must be consistent with specified geometric boundary conditions and cable and fabric prestress. Prestressing and anticlastic shapes are designed to prevent the occurrence of membrane flutter and of compression in the membrane and cables.
Tensile Membrane Structures
Simiu, Emil (author) / Yeo, DongHun (author)
Wind Effects on Structures ; 385-387
2019-02-19
3 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
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