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M.R. Barnes, "The Responses of Air-Supported Structures to Gust Loading", in B.H.V. Topping, (Editor), "Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Civil and Structural Engineering Computing", Civil-Comp Press, Edinburgh, UK, pp 21-28, 1989. doi:10.4203/ccp.9.10.4

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The paper discusses the likely influence of internal air stiffening, added mass and air momentum effects on the response of large air-supported structures to gust loading. Two conceptually simple numerical approaches to the inclusion of these effects by the use of air elements and control volumes are described. The first of these is applied in a trial structure subject to suddenly applied patch loading. Convergence of the method, in terms of the very large number of elements required, is found to be extremely slow. The second approach, which should account more realistically for the convected acceleration terms of the moving fluid, has yet to be tested for convergence.

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Front Page Browse CCP CSETS CTR IJRT Other Authors Search Purchase Guide FAQ Contact us	Civil-Comp Proceedings ISSN 1759-3433 CCP: 9/10 PROCEEDINGS OF THE FOURTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CIVIL AND STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING COMPUTING Edited by: B.H.V. Topping Paper X.4 The Responses of Air-Supported Structures to Gust Loading M.R. Barnes Department of Civil Engineering, City University, London doi:10.4203/ccp.9.10.4 purchase the full-text of this paper Full Bibliographic Reference for this paper M.R. Barnes, "The Responses of Air-Supported Structures to Gust Loading", in B.H.V. Topping, (Editor), "Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Civil and Structural Engineering Computing", Civil-Comp Press, Edinburgh, UK, pp 21-28, 1989. doi:10.4203/ccp.9.10.4 Abstract The paper discusses the likely influence of internal air stiffening, added mass and air momentum effects on the response of large air-supported structures to gust loading. Two conceptually simple numerical approaches to the inclusion of these effects by the use of air elements and control volumes are described. The first of these is applied in a trial structure subject to suddenly applied patch loading. Convergence of the method, in terms of the very large number of elements required, is found to be extremely slow. The second approach, which should account more realistically for the convected acceleration terms of the moving fluid, has yet to be tested for convergence. purchase the full-text of this paper (price £20) go to the previous paper go to the next paper return to the table of contents return to the book description purchase this book (price £78 +P&P)
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