Analysis of Cable-Membrane Structures
Analysis of Cable-Membrane Structures
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Figure 1 Cable-membrane structures: (a) typical beach shelter (b) Foshan Stadium, China
Cable-membrane structures are lightweight structures that can span large distances…
Bolt Preload Effect on Fatigue Life
Bolt Preload Effect on Fatigue Life
Preloaded bolts and rods are present in a very wide range of engineering design solutions and geometries where the effects of high cyclic loading are critical. These include, but are not limited to, high-speed railway…
Moment-curvature Relation for a Beam Using Shell Finite Element Model
Small deformation
Large deformation
Moment-curvature Relation for a Beam Using Shell Finite Element Model
In many practical applications it is advantageous to use a hierarchical modeling approach. In general, it involves using a higher…
Analysis of Domed Roof on a Railway Station
ADINA is used worldwide for complex analyses. The Southwest Jiaotong University conducted an analysis under contract to study the structural integrity of the roof of a large railway station at Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, in China.
The roof considered is…