... lead to the issues of locking when the shell thickness decreases. In light of these challenges, researchers have successfully used exact spatial discretization and higher-order interpolation properties offered by Isogeometric Analysis (IGA) [ 16 – 18 ] to model nonlinear shell behaviors. IGAs use...

... potential energies during deployment for λ0 = 0.5, θ0 = 1.66 rad thin shell structures isogeometric analysis deployment dynamics energy conservation Thin-shell structures can achieve high stiffness relative to their weight and are used for deployable space structures that are packaged...

... geometries, the governing equations were derived with reference to a generic position of the beam axis within the beam cross section. Finally, this study pursued the numerical implementation of the curved beam formulation within the conceptual framework of isogeometric analysis, which allows the exact...