{"id":31,"date":"2025-01-07T14:15:15","date_gmt":"2025-01-07T14:15:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ixray.local\/?page_id=31"},"modified":"2025-01-12T14:59:37","modified_gmt":"2025-01-12T14:59:37","slug":"rhinomembrane","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ixray-ltd.com\/wp_ixray\/rhinomembrane\/","title":{"rendered":"Rhino-Membrane"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"577\" height=\"290\" data-id=\"614\" src=\"http:\/\/ixray.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/rhino-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-614\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ixray-ltd.com\/wp_ixray\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/rhino-1.png 577w, https:\/\/www.ixray-ltd.com\/wp_ixray\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/rhino-1-300x151.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 577px) 100vw, 577px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"506\" src=\"http:\/\/ixray.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/4122.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-609 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ixray-ltd.com\/wp_ixray\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/4122.png 800w, https:\/\/www.ixray-ltd.com\/wp_ixray\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/4122-600x380.png 600w, https:\/\/www.ixray-ltd.com\/wp_ixray\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/4122-300x190.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ixray-ltd.com\/wp_ixray\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/4122-768x486.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Update Reference Strategy (URS) for\u00a0form finding\u00a0of membrane structures has been developed by Prof. Kai-Uwe Bletzinger of the TU M\u00fcnchen (Germany). For a given topology of a membrane structure and given stress state in the structural elements (pre-tension in the membrane and cables), the corresponding equilibrium shape has to be determined.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The URS represents a generalization of the well-known force density method. Due to its continuum-mechanical basis, the method is applicable to both cable and membrane elements without any restrictions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"545\" height=\"380\" src=\"http:\/\/ixray.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/4115.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-611 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ixray-ltd.com\/wp_ixray\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/4115.jpg 545w, https:\/\/www.ixray-ltd.com\/wp_ixray\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/4115-300x209.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 545px) 100vw, 545px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">E.g. an arbitrary stress state can be specified for the membrane, which can be isotropic in order to generate real minimal surfaces or orthogonally anisotropic, which is very helpful for form finding for\u00a0textile structures\u00a0with warp and weft direction. It is even possible to consistently include pressure forces, which are acting always normal to the surface at every state of the procedure, in the form finding process of pneumatic structures such as air-inflated cushions.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"747\" src=\"http:\/\/ixray.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/rhino_integration_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-612 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ixray-ltd.com\/wp_ixray\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/rhino_integration_1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ixray-ltd.com\/wp_ixray\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/rhino_integration_1-600x438.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.ixray-ltd.com\/wp_ixray\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/rhino_integration_1-300x219.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ixray-ltd.com\/wp_ixray\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/rhino_integration_1-768x560.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rhino-Membrane with its grasshopper integration, let you solve complex minimal surfaces fast and easily <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Update Reference Strategy (URS) for\u00a0form finding\u00a0of membrane structures has been developed by Prof. Kai-Uwe Bletzinger of the TU M\u00fcnchen (Germany). For a given topology of a membrane structure and given stress state in the structural elements (pre-tension in the membrane and cables), the corresponding equilibrium shape has to be determined. 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