Nonlinear Modeling of Cables with Flexural Stiffness

A geometrically exact formulation of cables suffering axis stretching and flexural curvature is presented. The dynamical formulation is based on nonlinearly viscoelastic constitutive laws for the tension and bending moment with the additional constitutive nonlinearity accounting for the no-compressi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Walter Lacarbonara, Arnaud Pacitti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2008-01-01
Series:Mathematical Problems in Engineering
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2008/370767