Journal of Elasticity

, Volume 116, Issue 2, pp 161–187 | Cite as

A Frame-Independent Solution to Saint-Venant’s Flexure Problem

Article

Abstract

The paper illustrates a solution approach for the Saint-Venant flexure problem which preserves a pure objective tensor form, thus yielding, for sections of arbitrary geometry, representations of stress and displacement fields that exploit exclusively frame-independent quantities.

The implications of the availability of an objective solution to the shear warpage problem are discussed and supplemented by several analytical and numerical solutions.

The derivation of tensor expressions for the shear center and the shear flexibility tensor is also illustrated. Furthermore, a Cesaro-like integration procedure is provided whereby the derivation of a frame-independent representation of the displacements field for the shear loading case is systematically carried out via the use of Gibbs’ algebra.

The objective framework presented in this paper is further exploited in a companion article (Serpieri, in J. Elast. (2013)) to prove the coincidence of energetic and kinematic definitions of the shear flexibility tensor and of the shear principal axes.

Keywords

Saint-Venant solution Frame-independence Flexure problem Shear center Shear flexibility Boundary integrals 

Mathematics Subject Classification (2000)

1.010 2.020 2.030 

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.Dipartimento di IngegneriaUniversità degli Studi del SannioBeneventoItaly
  2. 2.Dipartimento di Ingegneria StrutturaleUniversità degli Studi di Napoli Federico IINapoliItaly

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