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Early Theories of the Strength of Materials

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The contributions of Fabri and Pardies have led us towards new points of view. Fabri’s “intermediate force” opens up questions on the deformation of a beam, and points towards an explanation of resistance itself. Pardies’s study of the equilibrium of ropes, and his peculiar model for a beam, a “string carrying beads,” change the context in which Galileo’s problem must be placed. For the first time, the concept of lengthening and shortening longitudinal fibers (the cords in the model) is connected to resistance.

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Benvenuto, E. (1991). Early Theories of the Strength of Materials. In: An Introduction to the History of Structural Mechanics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-2982-7_8

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