Architecture & Civil Engineering

Modal Analysis Method and Modal Behavior of Prestressed Inflatable Fabric Beam

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  • Space Structures Research Centre,Shanghai Jiaotong University,Shanghai 200030,China
高海健(1976-),男,博士生,主要从事空间结构研究.

Received date: 2009-10-20

  Revised date: 2010-03-15

  Online published: 2010-07-25

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国家自然科学基金资助项目(50808122 50878128); 国家“863”计划资助项目(863-705-2007A1)

Abstract

In order to reveal the modal behaviors of inflatable fabric beams ( IFB) ,first,the equilibrium shape of IFB is obtained via the form-finding of small Yung's Modulus method,with the loading characteristics of flexible membrane structures and the nonlinear geometric factors such as the large deformation and the initial prestress being considered. Thus,the configuration and initial equilibrium stress are sequentially inherited. Next,the modes of IFB are numerically calculated and analyzed by means of the block-Lanczos method,and the effects of pressure, fabric thickness and radius ( slenderness) on the modal behaviors of IFB are analyzed. Then,the wet mode of IFB is proposed and is computed respectivelg via the approximate density method and the fluid-structure interaction method with the consideration of the coupling between the external air fluid field and the flexible IFB. Finally,a comparison between the wet mode and the dry mode of IFB is made. The results validate the coupling effect between the external air fluid and the IFB.

Cite this article

Gao Hai-jian Chen Wu-jun Fu Gong-yi . Modal Analysis Method and Modal Behavior of Prestressed Inflatable Fabric Beam[J]. Journal of South China University of Technology(Natural Science), 2010 , 38(7) : 135 -139 . DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1000-565X.2010.07.024

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