The risk of natural hazards is continuously increasing because of climate change and the
ever-increasing population density. Therefore, understanding and mitigating the risks of …

Pressurized fabric tubes, pressure-stabilized beams (known as air beams) and air-inflated
structures are considered to be valuable technologies for lightweight, rapidly deployable …

Free vibration analysis of a free inflated torus of circular cross-section is presented. The shell
theory of Sanders, including the effect of pressure, is used in formulating the governing …

Long-span air supported membrane structures are typical wind sensitive buildings, wind
load is often their control load. The existing analysis of air supported membrane structures …

This paper was devoted to the three-dimensional nonlinear finite element analysis of
inflatable beams. The beams under consideration are made of modern textile materials and …

In this paper, a Timoshenko beam element is developed for the nonlinear analysis of
pressurized fabric beam–columns. The analysis is based on an incremental virtual work …

One of the limitations of a piezoelectric actuator is the amount of force it can exert. Hence, it
is important to optimize the locations and sizes of the actuators so that the required control …

Important characteristics for temporary structures include ease of deployment, simple
erection, and minimal shipping volume and weight. The use of inflatable fabric members (ie …

Lattice warp-knitted spacer flexible inflatable composites (LWSFICs) are an emerging light-
weight inflatable material. In this study, LWSFICs was designed to investigate the damage …

The free vibration of inflatable beams was studied using the dynamic stiffness method. A 3D
Timoshenko beam with a homogeneous orthotropic woven fabric (OWF) was considered …