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International Journal of Civil & Structural Engineering

Two Dimensional Space Curve Based Curvature Induced Stiffness Formulation for Large Deformable Structural Cables

Author(s) : M. VIGNARAJAH , PADMANATHAN KATHIRGAMANATHAN , RAVI WIJESIRIWARDANA

Abstract

Abstract—In this paper, we present a curvature based modification to the existing beam element formulation to model cables which undergoes large displacements. The proposed approximation is numerically tested against the P-delta formulation and true nonlinear formulation of cables. As a result, a limiting value for the curvature based stiffness is reported.

No fo Author(s) : 3
Page(s) : 240-243
Electronic ISSN : 2372-3971
Volume 5 : Issue 1
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