The Experimental Study on Wrinkling Performance of Rectangular Tensioned Membrane Structure

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Publication year 1999
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Title The Experimental Study on Wrinkling Performance of Rectangular Tensioned Membrane Structure
Author Pinqi Lu,Ken'ichi Kawaguchi
Summary Tensioned membrane structures have been built as one type of large spatial structures. Thin membrane has small flexural stiffness. It will wrinkle rather than support compression stress. The wrinkling is not only effecting on the appearance of a building but also the reason of failure under the repetitive defamation. The态wrinkling of membrane becomes a common problem. The research on wrinkling of membrane has attracted substantial attention. In this paperEŒwe present the wrinkling performance of rectangular tensioned membrane structures under one directional tensile force. An experiment research is introduced. The occurrence of wrinklingEŒthe inf1uence of material character and shape is described.