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2015-12-23

Loaded Plastic Beams with Decaying Stress-Strain Curve

Four columns are fixed at the bottom and connected by a rigid block at the top. The block is loaded by pressure and modeled by an elastic material with a high modulus of elasticity. The outer columns are modeled by linear elastic material and the inner columns by a stress-strain diagram with decaying dependence. Assuming only the small deformation theory and neglecting the structure's self-weight, determine its maximum deflection.


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