A Complete Linear Theory for a Two-Dimensional Floating and Liquid-Filled Membrane Structure in Waves

Design method for geotextile tubes considering strain – Formulation and verification by laboratory tests using photogrammetry

“…Calculation methods were originally developed to design membrane containers for both the storage (Timoshenko, 1940;Namias, 1985) and the transport of fluids (Wang, 1984;Szyszkowski and Glockner, 1987;Zhao, 1995). Based on the earliest publications on this topic, a design method for geotextile tubes was derived in the 1970s (Liu, 1981).…”

Hydroelasticity of marine vessels advancing in a seaway

“…Ohyama et al (1989) modeled a bottom-mounted membrane as a series of springs and conducted laboratory experiments with the intention to validate their numerical results. Zhao (1995) adopted a governing equation based on the equilibrium of the hoop tension with the pressure difference across the membrane and investigated the response of a floating fluid-membrane system in gravity waves. Zhao and Aarsnes (1998) later included membrane elasticity and compared their numerical results with laboratory data.…”

Experimental study of current forces and deformations on a half ellipsoidal closed flexible fish cage

“…Flexible containment bags used for transportation of fresh water or oil in the sea, are the structures that most resembles the CFFC. For the flexible containment bags, it have been found that the shape and tension are strongly dependent on the filling level, as presented in Hawthorne (1961) and Zhao (1995).…”