The Efficiency of Dynamic Relaxation Methods in Static Analysis of Cable-Membrane Structures

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This paper is focused on the static analysis of cable-membrane structures using the dynamic relaxation method. Several different processes of dynamic relaxation method are compared in this paper. The techniques with viscous damping and the techniques with kinetic damping are used. The efficiency and stability of each process are compared to selected 3D examples of cable-membrane structures. The effect of mass distribution along the structure is also of interest and it is studied in the paper.

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