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20 - The Nature of Loads

from Part VI - Deliberately Deformed

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 January 2022

Keith Alexander Seffen
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University of Cambridge
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Loads are often idealised as point forces or distributed intensities for analytical simplicity. More importantly, they are often stipulated for a given problem. This chapter hightlights the need to consider how loads, and their reactions, behave (and form) when geometrical nonlineatrity is evident. Two examples are analysed in detail: the formation of a beam 'ruck' on a rough floor, and the 'snapping-through' of a shallow pin-jointed arch.

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  • The Nature of Loads
  • Keith Alexander Seffen, University of Cambridge
  • Book: Solving Problems of Simple Structural Mechanics
  • Online publication: 06 January 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108920131.029
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  • The Nature of Loads
  • Keith Alexander Seffen, University of Cambridge
  • Book: Solving Problems of Simple Structural Mechanics
  • Online publication: 06 January 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108920131.029
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  • The Nature of Loads
  • Keith Alexander Seffen, University of Cambridge
  • Book: Solving Problems of Simple Structural Mechanics
  • Online publication: 06 January 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108920131.029
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