The elastic catenary

DOI10.1016/0020-7403(82)90068-6zbMath0482.73033OpenAlexW1989609315MaRDI QIDQ1162853

Layne T. Watson, Chang Yi Wang

Publication date: 1982

Published in: International Journal of Mechanical Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0020-7403(82)90068-6

zbMATH Keywords

maximum momentgeometric dimensionsheavy, elastic cablemaximum forcesupported at both ends

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Rods (beams, columns, shafts, arches, rings, etc.) (74K10) Theoretical approximation of solutions to ordinary differential equations (34A45) Bifurcation and buckling (74G60) Numerical integration (65D30) Strings (74K05) Software, source code, etc. for problems pertaining to mechanics of deformable solids (74-04)

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