Tangent stiffness in point-loaded elastica arches
Author(s): |
Carlos Lázaro
Salvador Monleón Juan Bessini |
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Medium: | conference paper |
Language(s): | English |
Conference: | Interfaces: Architecture, Engineering, Science, Annual Meeting of the International Association of Shell & Spatial Structures (IASS), Hamburg, 25-27 September 2017 |
Published in: | Interfaces: Architecture . Engineering . Science |
Year: | 2017 |
Abstract: | This paper analyses the stiffness of elastica-shaped active arches subject to a point load at the centre. The relation between stiffness and the angle at the ends has been quantified for different slenderness. Compressive axial forces in elastica arches produce a loss of stiffness lower than 10%. |