On Euler-Bernoulli discontinuous beam solutions via uniform-beam Green's functions

International Journal of Solids and Structures

Volumn 44, Issue 22-23, 2007, Pages 7666-7687

  Failla, Giuseppe ^a   Santini, Adolfo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDITERRANEA OF REGGIO CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Along axis constraints; Euler Bernoulli discontinuous beam; Flexural stiffness jumps; Generalized functions; Green's functions

Indexed keywords

BENDING (DEFORMATION); BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CONSTRAINT THEORY; GREEN'S FUNCTION; STIFFNESS;

ALONG-AXIS CONSTRAINTS; EQUILIBRIUM EQUATION; EULER-BERNOULLI DISCONTINUOUS BEAMS; FLEXURAL-STIFFNESS JUMPS; GENERALIZED FUNCTIONS;

BEAMS AND GIRDERS;

EID: 34748890083     PISSN: 00207683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2007.05.003     Document Type: Article

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