A DISCRETE-ELEMENT METHOD OF ANALYSIS FOR COMBINED BENDING AND SHEAR DEFORMATION OF A BEAM
A METHOD OF ANALYSIS FOR THE COMBINED EFFECTS OF BENDING AND SHEAR DEFORMATIONS IS PRESENTED. ALTHOUGH THE METHOD IS PRIMARILY DESIGNED FOR THE ANALYSIS OF BEAMS, IT CAN BE APPLIED TO OTHER STRUCTURAL PROBLEMS. THE METHOD IS APPLICABLE TO BEAMS THAT HAVE ABRUPT, OR POINT-BY-POINT, VARIATIONS IN THEIR STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES. ALSO, THE BEAM MAY BE SUBJECTED TO ANY CONFIGURATION OF TRANSVERSE OR LONGITUDINAL LOADS, AND IT MAY BE SUPPORTED IN ANY REASONABLE MANNER. THERE ARE THREE IMPORTANT FEATURES OF THE METHOD PRESENTED. FIRST, A DISCRETE-ELEMENT MODEL IS SUBSTITUTED FOR THE REAL STRUCTURE. SECOND, A SYSTEM OF ALGEBRAIC EQUATIONS WHICH DESCRIBE THE LOAD-DEFLECTION BEHAVIOR OF THE MODEL IS WRITTEN. FINALLY, THESE EQUATIONS ARE SOLVED FOR THE UNKNOWN DEFLECTIONS BY A MODIFIED FORM OF GAUSSIAN ELIMINATION. A COMPUTER PROGRAM, SHRBM 1, WHICH UTILIZES THE METHOD OF ANALYSIS PRESENTED HEREIN PROVIDES AN EFFICIENT MEANS OF SOLVING PRACTICAL PROBLEMS. THE CORRECT USAGE OF THE PROGRAM AND THE GENERALITY OF THE METHOD ARE DEMONSTRATED BY A SERIES OF EXAMPLE PROBLEMS. /AUTHOR/
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Supplemental Notes:
- Res Rept 56-12, 225 PP, 26 FIG, 2 TAB, 20 REF, 6 APP
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Corporate Authors:
University of Texas, Austin
Center for Highway Research, 200 West 21st Street
Austin, TX United States 78712 -
Authors:
- Tankersley, D F
- Dawkins, W P
- Publication Date: 1969-12
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Beams; Bending; Computer programs; Concrete tests; Distributions (Statistics); Flexural strength; Load transfer; Mathematical models; Shear strength; Structural tests
- Old TRIS Terms: Discrete distributions
- Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Highways;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00209211
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Jul 6 1970 12:00AM