Textile Composites and Inflatable Structures II

Preface; Innovative Developments in Fiber Based Materials for Construction, by T. Stegmaier and H. Planck; Finite Element Simulation of the Mechanical Behaviour of Textile Composites at the Mesoscopic Scale of Individual Fibers, by D. Durville; A Predictive Fabric Model for Membrane Structure Design, by B.N. Bridgens and P.D. Gosling; Modelling Fabric-Reinforced Membranes with the Discrete Element Method, by D. Ballhause, M. Konig and B. Kröplin; Introducing Cutting Patterns in Form Finding and Structural Analysis, by J. Linhard, R. Wüchner and K.-U. Bletzinger; Kinematics in Tensioned Structures, by R. Wagner; Pneumatic Formwork for Irregular Curved Thin Shells, by P.C. van Hennik and R. Houtinan Static Analysis of Taut Structures, by R.M.O. Paulett; Analysis of Free Form Membranes Subject to Wind Using FSI, by R. Wüchner A. Kupzok and K.-U. Bletzinger; Membrane Structures Formed by Low Pressure Inflatable Tubes. New Analysis Methods and Recent Constructions, by E. Oñate, EG. Flores and J. Marcipar; Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis of Inflatable Prefolded Membrane Structures under Hydrostatic Loading, by M. Hassler and K. Schweizerhof; Advanced Capabilities for the Simulation of Membrane and Inflatable Space Structures Using SAMCEF, by P. Jetteur and M. Bruyneel; Structural Air - Pneumatic Structures, by B. Stimpfle; Recent Developments in the Computational Modelling of Textile Membranes and Inflatable Structures , by D. Ströbel and P. Singer; Author Index; Subject Index.