How long is a curved beam?

Journal of Strain Analysis for Engineering Design

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 295-297

  Stephen, N G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Strain energy; Thick curved beam

Indexed keywords

BENDING (DEFORMATION); ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTICITY; POISSON RATIO; SHEAR STRESS; STRAIN; TENSILE TESTING; THEOREM PROVING;

CASTIGLIANO'S THEOREMS; CENTRE-LINE LENGTH; STRAIN ENERGY; THICK CURVED BEAMS;

CURVED BEAMS AND GIRDERS;

EID: 17444403254     PISSN: 03093247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/030932405X7719     Document Type: Article

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