Form-finding of surface in the form of enneper minimal surface / Hooi Min Yee and Kok Keong Choong

Form-finding is carried out for tensioned fabric structures in order to determine the initial equilibrium shape under a prescribed support condition and a pre-stress pattern. Experimental form-finding using soap film model is frequently used to investigate the possible forms of uniformly stressed su...

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Main Author: Hooi, Min Yee
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Published: Universiti Teknologi MARA, Pulau Pinang & Pusat Penerbitan Universiti (UPENA) 2012
Online Access:https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/8856/
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description Form-finding is carried out for tensioned fabric structures in order to determine the initial equilibrium shape under a prescribed support condition and a pre-stress pattern. Experimental form-finding using soap film model is frequently used to investigate the possible forms of uniformly stressed surfaces. Soap film models also provide a means for checking the accuracy of computational form-finding results. In this study, a soap film model is used to determine the surface form corresponding to a boundary shape defined by the mathematical equation for Enneper minimal surface. The obtained soap film models are compared with the computational form-finding results for a certain range of parameters. The study shows that within certain limits of the parameters defining Enneper minimal surfaces, results of computational form-finding are in good agreement with mathematically defined Enneper minimal surfaces.
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spelling uitm-88562017-09-29T07:21:56Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/8856/ Form-finding of surface in the form of enneper minimal surface / Hooi Min Yee and Kok Keong Choong esteem Hooi, Min Yee Form-finding is carried out for tensioned fabric structures in order to determine the initial equilibrium shape under a prescribed support condition and a pre-stress pattern. Experimental form-finding using soap film model is frequently used to investigate the possible forms of uniformly stressed surfaces. Soap film models also provide a means for checking the accuracy of computational form-finding results. In this study, a soap film model is used to determine the surface form corresponding to a boundary shape defined by the mathematical equation for Enneper minimal surface. The obtained soap film models are compared with the computational form-finding results for a certain range of parameters. The study shows that within certain limits of the parameters defining Enneper minimal surfaces, results of computational form-finding are in good agreement with mathematically defined Enneper minimal surfaces. Universiti Teknologi MARA, Pulau Pinang & Pusat Penerbitan Universiti (UPENA) 2012 Article PeerReviewed Hooi, Min Yee (2012) Form-finding of surface in the form of enneper minimal surface / Hooi Min Yee and Kok Keong Choong. (2012) Esteem Academic Journal <https://ir.uitm.edu.my/view/publication/Esteem_Academic_Journal.html>, 8 (1). pp. 9-14. ISSN 1675-7939
spellingShingle Hooi, Min Yee
Form-finding of surface in the form of enneper minimal surface / Hooi Min Yee and Kok Keong Choong
title Form-finding of surface in the form of enneper minimal surface / Hooi Min Yee and Kok Keong Choong
title_full Form-finding of surface in the form of enneper minimal surface / Hooi Min Yee and Kok Keong Choong
title_fullStr Form-finding of surface in the form of enneper minimal surface / Hooi Min Yee and Kok Keong Choong
title_full_unstemmed Form-finding of surface in the form of enneper minimal surface / Hooi Min Yee and Kok Keong Choong
title_short Form-finding of surface in the form of enneper minimal surface / Hooi Min Yee and Kok Keong Choong
title_sort form-finding of surface in the form of enneper minimal surface / hooi min yee and kok keong choong
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/8856/