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Beams Under Normal Forces and Bending Moments

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In this chapter we consider beam structures in the framework of linear elasticity. We limit ourselves at this point to those beam structures in which only normal forces, bending moments and transverse shear forces occur (Fig. 5.1, left).

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    Leonhard Euler, 1707–1783, and Jakob Bernoulli, 1654–1705, both Swiss mathematicians and physicists.

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    From the German expression ‘Schwerpunkt’ for the center of gravity.

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    Jakob Steiner (1796–1863), Swiss mathematician.

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Mittelstedt, C. (2021). Beams Under Normal Forces and Bending Moments. In: Structural Mechanics in Lightweight Engineering. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-75193-7_5

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