Finite Element Elastic Beam‐Column
Publication: Journal of Engineering Mechanics
Volume 109, Issue 5
Abstract
An accurate and unified finite element description is presented, in both stiffness and flexibility formats, of the response of planar elastic beams subject to terminal loads. The stability and bowing functions are inter‐related, their descriptions accounting for the effects of axial deformability and a measure of the shear deformation effects. A perturbation technique is used to solve the non‐linear governing equations. The solutions so derived are cast in four distinct forms: (1) Deformation; (2) incremental; (3) perturbation; and (4) asymptotic forms of structural analysis. A brief comparison between related formulations presented in the literature is included.
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Journal of Engineering Mechanics
Volume 109 • Issue 5 • October 1983
Pages: 1247 - 1269
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Published online: Oct 1, 1983
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