Force density method's energy principle and application in membrane-cable-strut-beam hybrid structuresShow others and affiliations
2025 (English)In: Journal of Building Engineering, E-ISSN 2352-7102, Vol. 99, article id 111523Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
The force density method (FDM) is a classical method for form finding and static analysis of membrane-cable-strut-beam hybrid structures (HS). This study focuses on the energy principle of FDM, and establishes the potential energies for HS in the form-finding and static analysis stages. The HS model is discretized into link, T and beam elements. Equilibrium equations and stiffness matrices are formulated using the principle of stationary potential energy. In the integrated analysis, the compatibility between the link and beam element is resolved by adopting (x, y, z, θx, θy, θz) as degrees of freedom (DOF) and transforming the beam's DOF into coordinate differences. The global matrix is assembled using nodal global DOF numbers, showing a computational advantage over the conventional topological matrix method. FDM has demonstrated consistency in form-finding and static analysis stages by applying constant and elastic force densities. The algorithm has been implemented in a program called TMCAD with all the calculation details illustrated, and FDM's effectiveness is verified through five HS examples.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Elsevier BV , 2025. Vol. 99, article id 111523
Keywords [en]
Energy principle, Force density method, Form finding, Hybrid structure, Static analysis
National Category
Applied Mechanics Computational Mathematics
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-357936DOI: 10.1016/j.jobe.2024.111523ISI: 001383324900001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85211357978OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-357936DiVA, id: diva2:1922643
Note
QC 20241219
2024-12-192024-12-192025-01-28Bibliographically approved