@Article{cmc.2010.020.019,
AUTHOR = {N.J.  Bartle, P.D.  Gosling},
TITLE = {Numerical Formulations for the Prediction of Deformation, Strain and Stress of Un-patterned ETFE Cushions},
JOURNAL = {Computers, Materials \& Continua},
VOLUME = {20},
YEAR = {2010},
NUMBER = {1},
PAGES = {19--62},
URL = {http://www.techscience.com/cmc/v20n1/22589},
ISSN = {1546-2226},
ABSTRACT = {ETFE cushions are increasingly being used to form high-profile facades and structural forms. This investigation aims to extend an analytical theory of large deformation in order to predict the shape and stress distributions of an un-patterned square ETFE cushion without the need to resort to discretised numerical methods. In order to assess the validity of the theoretical procedure a prototype cushion has been analysed using a finite element simulation. The theoretical procedure is also compared with alternative approximate equations proposed for the design of ETFE cushions.},
DOI = {10.3970/cmc.2010.020.019}
}