Structural Membranes: VIII International Conference on Textile Composites and Inflatable Structures (MEMBRANES 2017), Munich, 9-11 October, 2017
Proceedings of the VIII International Conference on Textile Composites and Inflatable Structures Structural Membranes 2017
Held in Munich, Germany, 9-11 October 2017
A publication of:
International Center for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE) Barcelona, Spain
K. Bletzinger, E. Oñate, and B. Kröplin (Eds.)
© The authors
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Modern pressure measurement technology and structural design for wind: a new collaborative paradigm for wind and structural engineers
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Dynamics testing and simulation of inflatable deployable
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Architectural membranes for high-performance building Skins Latest material developments Case study: façade in Ecuador
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Open AccessThis document provides information on a façade project in Ecuador. The office building in Esmeraldas was recently wrapped in Low & Bonar’s TF400 mesh. Apart from creating a homogeneous layout for the whole building, the ... -
Detailed design and construction of the St. Louis Park ice rink
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Open AccessThe structure is the cover of a new ice skating rink, owned by the City of St. Louis Park, MN. It has a PTFE-coated fiberglass fabric roof, supported on glu-laminated timber arches. The cover is 73m x 41m in plan, and ... -
Detailing for refurbishment with structural membranes
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The nuvola for the new centro congressi in rome
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Experimental method for biaxial tensile strength of fabrics and preliminary investigations
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Open AccessThis paper presents a novel experimental approach to determine the biaxial strength of fabrics. A double-layer cruciform specimen was proposed based on the improvement of previous test specimen. The design and manufacture ... -
Mechanical properties of technical coated fabrics under axial and off-axial tensile tests
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Open AccessIn the paper, laboratory tests carried out by the authors with axial (0° - warp, 90° - weft) and off-axial (15°, 30°, 45°, 60°, 75°) tensile and also with biaxial tensile with shear with different load ratios are described. ... -
Fracture failure analysis and bias tearing strength criterion for PVDF coated bi-axial warp knitted fabrics
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Open AccessThis paper concerns the fracture failure and bias tearing strength criterion for a PVDF coated bi-axial warp knitted fabrics (BWKFs) widely used in air supported membrane structures (ASMSs). Central slit tearing tests were ... -
Test and mesoscopic finite element analysis on mechanical properties degradation of aged coated fabrics
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Open AccessIn this paper the mechanical properties degradation of aged coated fabrics is investigated. Tests on the tension strength and the tearing strength of the aged fabrics are carried out, which is from the membrane roof of ... -
Improved daylight comfort by a new 3d-foil that allows to trade off solar gains and light individually
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Performance of curved organic photovoltaics modules for membranes integration: solar simulation tests
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Common problems in the design and construction of membrane structures
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Design and construction of the asymptotic pavilion
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Importance of the context for the design of the membrane structure
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Open AccessThis work underlines the importance of the context for the design of membrane structures. There are many aspects that can influence the design and it is difficult to summarize all of them in few points, especially because ... -
A multiscale non-orthogonal model for tensile properties of uncoated and coated F-12 aramid fabric
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Investigation of the structure and properties of flexible polymeric materials for integration with thin heat conductors
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Open AccessThis article presents the results of analysis of the methods of connecting heaters with materials. Limitations and disadvantages of the ways of integration of materials with heat conductors are revealed. The method of ... -
Investigations into the long-term behaviour of fabrics
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Open AccessThe design process of membrane buildings and structural fabrics has to consider changes of the material properties due to long-term exposure to the environment. For the structural engineer the loss of tensile strength in ... -
Saturation behaviour and load-induced thickness change of woven glass fibre fabrics
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Open AccessThe stress-strain behaviour of woven and coated technical textiles for structural purposes is well known to be anisotropic, nonlinear and viscoelastic. Tensile tests with cyclic loads on woven structural fabrics show a ... -
Stretch controlled shading capabilities of special elastomeric silicone films
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Open AccessA hitherto unexploited effect: the reversible stretch-induced change of translucency and transparency of certain silicone materials is experimentally investigated with regard to an application in a new type of shading ... -
Viscous characteristics of ETFE film sheetunder temperature change
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Open AccessBecause ETFE film is a high polymer material its visco-elastic characteristics are observed by the researchers. Besides, the linear expansion coefficient of the ETFE is 10 times greater compared to steel products or the ... -
Active bending starting on curved architectural shape
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Advanced approaches for analysis and form finding of membrane structures with finite elements
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Challenges of the implementation of membrane structures into bim
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Open AccessThis document presents the current situation of handling membrane structures within the BIM method, points out necessary steps to fully implement membrane structures into BIM and explains the benefit of an implementation. -
Form-finding of shell and membrane structures
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Isogeometric analysis for staged construction within lightweight design
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Open AccessHybrid, bending-active structures constitute a challenging task for structural design due to the high dependency between shape and forces. Isogeometric analysis suggests itself in this context because of several advantages. ... -
Khan Shatyr Entertainment Centre cable net supply, engineering and installation
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Acoustic performance test assessment on sound generated by rainfall on multilayer-etfe-cushion systems
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Engineering and fabrication of the “off the cuff” pavilion, Fuorisalone 2017, Milan
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Open AccessThe paper presents the engineering and fabrication of the “Off The Cuff” pavilion designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro for the exhibition “A Matter of Perception: LINKING MINDS” organised by DAMNº and Mosca Partners at ... -
Etfe foil cushion technology for cruise liners
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Open AccessAIDA Cruises, the German-Italian subsidiary of the American shipping company Carnival Corporation, has one of the world’s most modern and most environmentally friendly fleets of cruise liners. The name AIDA suggests visits ... -
Aerodynamic damping of membranes in still air
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An integrated framework for the reliability and validity assessment of numerical wind engineering simulations
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Open AccessTowards complex architecture and light-weight structures, conventional wind load estimation techniques fail. Hence, Computational Wind Engineering (CWE) plays a crucial role. CWE can be a very helpful tool in all design ... -
Numerical simulation of an air-supported structure in the air flow
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Open AccessWind load is often the critical load for air-supported structures. For example, high wind demolished an air-supported tennis court roof in Zhulebino district of Moscow on May 29, 2017. Aerodynamic instability (buffeting, ... -
Research on wind pressure and wind-induced vibration characteristics of expo axis cable-membrane structure by field measurement
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The effect of gravity in transient fluid-structure interaction simulations of a large wind turbine with composite blades
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