FINITE ELEMENT BASED STATIC AND DYNAMIC ANALYSIS OF TENSAIRITY SPINDLE STRUCTURE

Beyons Thomas, Anumod A.S.

Abstract: Tensairity is the new structural concept.It contains the combination of cable,membrane,struts and low pressure compressed air.The role of the membrane and air is to stabilize the compression element against buckling and the cable.The technology is good suited for wide span roofs,temporary bridges,domes etc. In this paper finite element based static and dynamic analysis of spindle shaped Tensairity beam is studied.In this paper also includes the parametric studies and determine the natural frequencies and deflections of the beam under different loading.Also determines load-displacement response of the spindle shaped Tensairity beam

Keywords: Tensairity

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15623/ijret.2015.0410017