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Sunday, October 2nd


19:00 - 20:30
Welcome Cocktail


Monday, October 3rd


08:00 - 09:00
Registration

09:00 - 10:30
MMP - Keynote Lectures
MMP
Room: Sala 1
Chair: to be confirmed
The Basic Principles of Tensairity
M. Pedretti


Innovative Developments in Fibre based Materials for Construction
T. Stegmaier, H. Planck


Kinematics in Tensioned Structures
R. Wagner



10:30 - 11:00
Coffee Break

11:00 - 13:00
TECHNICAL SESSIONS
MM1 - Construction and Design Methods MM1
Room: Sala 1
Chair: to be confirmed
The Installation Process for Membrane Structures in Architecture
J. Llorens


Non-Linear Elastic and Rheological Constitutive Modelling of PVC-Coated Polyester Fabric using Dense Net Model
A. Ambroziak, P. Klosowski


Self-Generating Membrane Structures
E. Stach


Assessment of Wind Load of a Membrane Structure
J. Rzadkowski, P. Rzadkowski


Seamless Design for Seamed Structures
E. Moncrieff




13:00 - 14:00
Lunch Break

14:00 - 15:30
TECHNICAL SESSIONS
MA1 - IS TensiNet Session
Invited Session organized by Marijke Mollaert
MA1
Room: Sala 1
Chair: to be confirmed
Biological Architecture for Medical Research University Queen Mary Medical School - London
A. Heslop


From the Cargolifter to the Tropical Islands Building Physics, Structural Analysis and Realization of the New ETFE Roof
B. Stimpfle, W. Rudorf-Witrin


Tropical Islands - Implementation of the New ETFE Film Cushion Roofing
W. Rudorf-Witrin


Membrane Structures - Skin and Bones
K. Göppert




15:30 - 16:00
Coffee Break

16:00 - 18:15
TECHNICAL SESSIONS
ME1 - Applications ME1
Room: Sala 1
Chair: to be confirmed
KEYNOTE LECTURE: Changing the Design Paradigm on Membranes and other Lightweights
B. Kröplin


Large Deformation Static Analysis of Inflatable Prefolded Membrane and Shell Structures
M. Haßler, K. Schweizerhof


The Membrane Cover of the New Airport Tower in Vienna
P. Mandl, T. Lorenz


A Modified Material Model to Simulate Wrinkling of Orthotropic Membranes at Finite Deformations
J.G. Valdés Vazquez, E. Oñate, J. Miquel Canet


Numerical and Experimental Values Comparison for an Inflatable Structure
J. Pons, E. Oñate, F. Flores, J. Garcia, R. Ribó, J. Marcipar




20:00 - 22:00
Banquet Dinner


Tuesday, October 4th

09:00 - 10:30
TMP - Keynote Lectures
TMP
Room: Sala 1
Chair: to be confirmed
Recent Developments in the Computational Modelling of Textile Membranes and Inflatable Structures
D. Ströbel, P. Singer


X-Tend: A New Material in Tensile Structures
T. Ferwagner


Applications of a Rotation-Free Shell Triangle for Analysis of Thin Membranes and Inflatable Structures
E. Oñate, F. Flores, F. Zárate, J. Marcipar



10:30 - 11:00
Coffee Break

11:00 - 13:00
TECHNICAL SESSIONS
TM1 - Numerical Methods for Structural Analysis I TM1
Room: Sala 1
Chair: to be confirmed
Deployment of Tensegrity Frameworks using Inflatable Tubes
C. Russell, A.G. Tibert


Approach of the Constitutive Material behaviour of Textile Composites through Simulation
D. Durville


A Numerical Algorithm for Large Displacement Analysis of Wrinkled Inextensible Membranes
R. Barsotti, S.S. Ligarò


FLOWSTRUC - Development of a Fully Coupled CFD-FEM Method for Computations of the Fluid-Structure Interaction between Windload and Membrane Constructions
A. Kneer, M. Steinhauser, K. Reimann, M. Jentsch


INNER Formation of Space Structure B{D-O-O}A
W. Bober


Object-Oriented Analysis of Textile Structures using the SCOOP Framework
K. Reimann, M. Jentsch




13:00 - 14:00
Lunch Break

14:00 - 16:00
TECHNICAL SESSIONS
TA1 - Design and Analysis Methods I TA1
Room: Sala 1
Chair: to be confirmed
Membrane Design by Design Languages
T. Kormeier, M. Jentsch, S. Rudolph


Innovative Design of Membrane Structures
M. Jentsch, K. Reimann, R. Wagner, S. Rudolph


New Developments in Pneumatic Structures
A. Borgart, R. Houtman


Morflex: Active Structural System Tense-compressive
R. Garrido Sánchez, D. Irribarren Rodríguez, J. Peña Chávez


Deployable Tensegrity Masts for Membrane Structures
Z. Bieniek


The Mechanical behaviour of Coated Fabrics and Films used in Prestressed Textile Egineering: Its Importance in the Analysis and How to Derive a Membrane Stiffness by Simple Theoretic Considerations
R. Blum, H. Bögner




16:00 - 16:30
Coffee Break

16:30 - 18:30
TECHNICAL SESSIONS
TE1 - Numerical Methods for Structural Analysis II TE1
Room: Sala 1
Chair: to be confirmed
Dynamic Behaviour of Inflatable Membranes for Impact and Wind Loading
J. Bellmann


A Microstructure Model for Fabric-Reinforced Membranes based on Discrete Element Modelling
D. Ballhause, M. König, B. Kröplin


Numerical and Experimental Study of Inflatable Lifejackets
J. Troufflard, J.M. Cadou, G. Rio


Numerical Simulation of Wind-Structure Interaction for Free Form Membrane Structures
R. Wüchner, A. Kupzok, K.U. Bletzinger


Argyris´ Natural Membrane Finite Element Revisited
R.M. Pauletti, D.M. Guirardi, T.E. Deifeld


The Mechanical behaviour of Coated Fabrics used in Prestressing Textile Engineering: Theory, Simulation and Numerical Analysis to be used in a FEM-Model
H. Bögner, R. Blum




Wednesday, October 5th

09:00 - 10:30
WMP - Keynote Lectures
WMP
Room: Sala 1
Chair: to be confirmed
Three Dimensional Measurement of Inflatable Domes during Inflation
M. Takata, K. Kawaguchi


Allianz Arena: The World Largest Dinghy!
H. Reiter


Space Exploration using NASA‘s Large Membrane Structures: Design and Computational Perspective
A. Tessler



10:30 - 11:00
Coffee Break

11:00 - 13:00
TECHNICAL SESSIONS
WM1 - Numerical Methods for Structural Analysis III WM1
Room: Sala 1
Chair: to be confirmed
A Predictive Fabric Model for Membrane Structure Design
B.N. Bridgens, P.D. Gosling


An Optimization Approach for Inflation Process Simulation
M. Bruyneel, Ph. Jetteur


Material with Small Resistance in Compression, Dual Formulation
P. Jetteur


Buckling and Dynamics of Inflatable Beams
C. Wielgosz, A. Le Van, J.C. Thomas, P. Casari




13:00 - 14:00
Lunch Break

14:00 - 16:00
TECHNICAL SESSIONS
WA1 - Testing Procedures WA1
Room: Sala 1
Chair: to be confirmed
Measuring Process for Long-Term Deformation od Technical Textiles
D. Hegyi, I. Sajtos, G. Sándor


Going Strong: From Inflatable Structures to Tensairity
R.H. Luchsinger, R. Crettol, P. Steingruber, A. Pedretti, M. Pedretti


Automatical Adjustment of Prestress during Form Finding with Respect to Compatibility and Developability
J. Linhard, R. Wüchner, K.U. Bletzinger


The Energy-Dome
L. Meess-Olsohn


Adaptive Pressurized Structures for Improved Impact Absorption
C. Graczykowski, J. Holnicki-Szulc


Common Structural And Morphological Concept of Primeval Tents and Modern Tensile Surface Structures
R. Tarczewski




16:00 - 16:30
Coffee Break

16:30 - 18:30
TECHNICAL SESSIONS
WE1 - Design and Analysis Methods II WE1
Room: Sala 1
Chair: to be confirmed
Pneumatic Formwork for Irregular Curved Thin Shells - Shape vs Force, Shell vs Pneumatic Structure
P.C. van Hennik, R. Houtman, L.AG Wagemans


Experimental and Numerical Procedure for the Mechanical Characterization of GRF Profiles
C. Dispenza, P. Fuschi, A. Pisano


A 050m Inflatable Structure for Trapezists
N. Pauli, M. Bagneris


The Construction of an Igloo with a Pneu
A. Pronk, D. Osinga


A Geometrical Non-Linear Model for Cable Systems Analysis
H. Varum, R. Cardoso