The Use of Wrench Lines For The Design of Structures
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Bibliographic Details
| Author(s): |
Angus Low
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| Medium: | conference paper | ||||
| Language(s): | English | ||||
| Conference: | IABSE Symposium: Sustainable Infrastructure - Environment Friendly, Safe and Resource Efficient, Bangkok, Thailand, 9-11 September 2009 | ||||
| Published in: | IABSE Symposium Bangkok 2009 | ||||
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| Page(s): | 57-64 | ||||
| Total no. of pages: | 6 | ||||
| Year: | 2009 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.2749/222137809796088738 | ||||
| Abstract: |
Thrust lines are widely used in simple diagrams of structures. They show where the forces are. It is not widely recognised that the concept of thrust line only exists in two dimensions. The paper investigates how the concept can be extended into three dimensions. The use of wrench lines is proposed. For about 20 years the author has been using a computer structural analysis progam which displays wrench lines. He discusses an example structure, and shows how the use of wrench lines provides insights for designers. |
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| Keywords: |
thrust line wrench wrench line
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