Abstract: The deformed configurations of an inflated flat nonlinear membrane are obtained by the minimum potential energy principle. The deformed configurations of the membrane are assumed to be represented ...

Abstract: The mechanics problem concerning large axisymmetric deformations of nonlinear membranes is reformulated in terms of a system of three first-order ordinary differential equations with explicit ...

Abstract: The contact problem of an inflated spherical nonlinear elastic membrane between two large rigid plates is formulated in terms of three first-order ordinary differential equations for the region ...

Abstract: The deformed configuration of nonlinear axisymmetric membranes is obtained by potential energy minimization via the Ritz method. The solution technique presented in this paper departs from the ...

Abstract: This paper presents a minimum energy solution for the deformed configuration of an edge-bonded rectangular membrane loaded with uniform pressure and contacting a frictionless rigid constraint. A ...