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. Introduction to Cable-Network Structures
2. Theory of Cable-Network Structures
3. Form Finding of Initial Equilibrium Configuration
4. Form Finding of Deformed Equilibrium Configuration
5. Shape Control of Cable-Network Structures
6. Large Deployable Mesh Reflectors
7. Evaluation of Surface Accuracy in Cable-Network Structures
8. Form Finding of Large Deployable Mesh Reflectors
9. Techniques for Optimal Design of Large Deployable Mesh Reflectors
10. Shape Control of Large Deployable Mesh Reflectors
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