@article {Roh:November 2008:0924-3046:319, author = "Roh, Jin-Ho", author = "Lee, Han-Geol", author = "Lee, In", title = "Thermoelastic Behaviors of Fabric Membrane Structures", journal = "Advanced Composite Materials", volume = "17", year = "November 2008", abstract = "The thermoelastic behaviors of an inflatable fabric membrane structure for use in a stratospheric airship envelope are experimentally and numerically investigated. Mechanical tensile properties of the membrane material at room, high, and low temperatures are measured using an Instron® universal testing machine and an Instron® thermal chamber. To characterize the nonlinear behavior of the inflated membrane structure due to wrinkling, the bending behavior of an inflated cylindrical boom made of a fabric membrane is observed at various pressure levels. Moreover, the envelope of a stratospheric airship is numerically modeled based on the thermoelastic properties of the fabric membrane obtained from experimental data, and the wrinkled deformed shape induced by a thermal load is analyzed.", pages = "319-332(14)", url = "http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/vsp/acm/2008/00000017/00000004/art00001" doi = "doi:10.1163/156855108X385285" }