On the frictional behaviour of thermally loaded beams resting on a plane (Q2565256)

The problem of an elastic beam resting on a frictional surface and loaded by a uniform temperature moment is treated analytically and numerically. The introduction of proper non-dimensional parameters identifies the deformation pattern which varies with monotonically increasing temperature load in a self-similar manner. This fact reducers the complexity of the mathematical system considerably and offers the derivation of the solution on an analytical basis. Several approaches are described, discussed and compared against each other.