EXTENDED FORCE DENSITY METHOD FOR FORM-FINDING OF TENSION STRUCTURES
EXTENDED FORCE DENSITY METHOD FOR FORM-FINDING OF TENSION STRUCTURES
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2010
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M. Miki;K. Kawaguchi
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作者:
M. Miki;K. Kawaguchi
The objective of this study is to propose an extension of the force density method (FDM)[1], a foregoing numerical method for the form-finding of tension structures. FDM has a great advantage for the form-finding of cable-nets. However, some difficulties arise when it is applied to the pre-stressed structures that consist of a combination of both tension and compression members. Therefore, the FDM has scope for extension. In this paper, we identify the existence of a variational principle in the FDM, although, the mathematical forms used by original FDM are different from those related to the variational principle. Thus, a functional that can be thought to be selected by FDM is clarified and it enables us to extend the FDM by considering various functionals as a generalization of it. Such newly introduced functionals enable us to find the forms of complex tension structures that consist of a combination of cables, membranes, and compression members, such as tensegrities, and suspended membranes with bars, etc.