Large displacement analysis for ideally flexible sails

O. Le Maître; J. E. Souza De Cursi; S. Huberson

doi:10.1016/S0997-7538(99)80025-4

Large displacement analysis for ideally flexible sails

O. Le Maître^*, J. E. Souza De Cursi, S. Huberson

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Abstract

We consider the equilibrium of a sail under a given aerodynamic field of external forces. The sail is considered to be an ideally flexible structure, having the behaviour of a network of stress unilateral strings: all the internal efforts are traction efforts. This model leads to a Non Convex Optimisation Problem and a complete theory can be established, leading to relevant results of uniqueness for the field of stresses, even if configurations of equilibrium are not unique.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	619-636
Number of pages	18
Journal	European Journal of Mechanics, A/Solids
Volume	17
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0997-7538(99)80025-4
State	Published - 1998
Externally published	Yes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Materials Science
Mechanics of Materials
Mechanical Engineering
General Physics and Astronomy

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