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Struts with Linearly Varying Axial Loading

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 June 2016

J. S. Przemieniecki
J. S. Przemieniecki*
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Bristol Aircraft Limited
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Summary

Analytical solutions for the deflections and bending moments are derived for elastic struts with linearly varying axial loading applied either (a) along the undeformed straight strut axis or (b) at the strut axis in the deflected position. The instability of struts with various end conditions is discussed and the stability criteria are given as a series of curves relating the maximum compressive axial load with the maximum distributed loading. Furthermore, explicit formulae for the deflections and bending moment distributions have been compiled for several typical cases of lateral loading combined with the axial loading of the type (a), which is of some practical importance in aircraft structures. A numerical example is included to show the practical application of the general analysis to a typical strut problem.

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Aeronautical Quarterly , Volume 11 , Issue 1 , February 1960, pp. 71 - 98
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Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society. 1960

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