Cable-Network Structures: A New Approach to Form-Finding, Optimal Design, and Shape Control provides a framework for form finding, optimal design, and shape control of cable-network structures in various engineering applications. Summarizing the latest research on these structures, the book outlines cutting-edge methods for form finding, modeling, pseudo-geodesic design of surface geometries, minimum residual nodal displacements for optimal shape adjustment, and more. These methods are applied to various large-scale structures, and they are compared with other methods in numerical simulations.
Self-contained and easy-to-understand, this book serves as a useful resource on modeling, analysis, design, and control of cable-network structures for professionals, researchers, and students in aerospace, mechanical, and civil engineering.
1. Title of Book - p. i 2. Cover image - p. i 3. Title page - p. ii 4. Table of Contents - p. iii 5. Copyright - p. iv 6. About the authors - p. xi 7. Preface - p. xiii 8. Acknowledgments - p. xix 9. Chapter 1. The study of cable-network structures - p. 1 10. Chapter 2. Cable-network structures - p. 9 11. Chapter 3. Form-finding of initial equilibrium configuration - p. 37 12. Chapter 4. Form-finding of deformed equilibrium configuration - p. 67 13. Chapter 5. Shape control of cable-network structures - p. 83 14. Chapter 6. Large deployable mesh reflectors - p. 119 15. Chapter 7. Evaluation of surface accuracy - p. 135 16. Chapter 8. Form-finding of large deployable mesh reflectors - p. 163 17. Chapter 9. Techniques for optimal design of large deployable mesh reflectors - p. 205 18. Chapter 10. Shape control of large deployable mesh reflectors - p. 231 19. Appendices - p. 265 20. Index - p. 273
Cable-Network Structures: A New Approach to Form-Finding, Optimal Design, and Shape Control provides a framework for form finding, optimal design, and shape control of cable-network structures in various engineering applications. Summarizing the latest research on these structures, the book outlines cutting-edge methods for form finding, modeling, pseudo-geodesic design of surface geometries, minimum residual nodal displacements for optimal shape adjustment, and more. These methods are applied to various large-scale structures, and they are compared with other methods in numerical simulations.
Self-contained and easy-to-understand, this book serves as a useful resource on modeling, analysis, design, and control of cable-network structures for professionals, researchers, and students in aerospace, mechanical, and civil engineering.
1. Title of Book - p. i 2. Cover image - p. i 3. Title page - p. ii 4. Table of Contents - p. iii 5. Copyright - p. iv 6. About the authors - p. xi 7. Preface - p. xiii 8. Acknowledgments - p. xix 9. Chapter 1. The study of cable-network structures - p. 1 10. Chapter 2. Cable-network structures - p. 9 11. Chapter 3. Form-finding of initial equilibrium configuration - p. 37 12. Chapter 4. Form-finding of deformed equilibrium configuration - p. 67 13. Chapter 5. Shape control of cable-network structures - p. 83 14. Chapter 6. Large deployable mesh reflectors - p. 119 15. Chapter 7. Evaluation of surface accuracy - p. 135 16. Chapter 8. Form-finding of large deployable mesh reflectors - p. 163 17. Chapter 9. Techniques for optimal design of large deployable mesh reflectors - p. 205 18. Chapter 10. Shape control of large deployable mesh reflectors - p. 231 19. Appendices - p. 265 20. Index - p. 273
