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Volume 2, Issue 3
1 March 1985
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Review Article| March 01 1985

Simulating curved beams via offset straight elements Available to Purchase

D.L. Hawla;
D.L. Hawla
National Institute for Aeronautics and Systems Technology, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, PO Box 395, Pretoria 000 1, Republic of South Africa
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H. Neishlos
H. Neishlos
National Institute for Aeronautics and Systems Technology, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, PO Box 395, Pretoria 000 1, Republic of South Africa
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1758-7077
Print ISSN: 0264-4401
© MCB UP Limited
1985
Engineering Computations (1985) 2 (3): 257–258.
https://doi.org/10.1108/eb023623

The behaviour of curved beams may be simulated via the use of straight elements with constant offset. The theoretical basis for this approach is developed and numerical examples demonstrating the effectiveness of the offset elements are presented.

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