Developing a Formulation Based upon Curvature for Analysis of Nonprismatic Curved Beams
A new element with three nodal curvatures has been considered for analysis of the nonprismatic curved beams by finite element method. In the formulation developed, the force-curvature relationships in polar coordinate system have been obtained first, then th...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Hindawi Limited
2007-01-01
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| Series: | Mathematical Problems in Engineering |
| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2007/46215 |