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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Large Deflections of Structures With Small Elastic Strains (Nonlinear, Rotations)

Abstract

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A consistent theory for linear elastic behavior in which the strains are small but the displacements and rotations can be large is applied to the bending of a beam by end loads and by its own weight, and to the bending of a long rectangular plate and of a circular plate by uniform pressure. The theory provides solutions for geometries between those for which the infinitesimal theory applies and those for which structural theories, such as Kirchhoff's theory for rods and the von Karman equations for plates, can be used. The results confirm the validity of Kirchhoff's rod theory within the range of small-strain, linear elastic behavior. For the plate problems considered the von Karman equations are found to provide accurate results for thin plates for which deflections are not small.

Degree

thesis:*
Name thesis:degree_name
Ph.D.
Level thesis:degree_level
Dissertation
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
Grantor
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Year dc:date
2014

Author and committee

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Author dc:creator
  • Im, Seyoung

Subjects

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Identifiers

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Identifier
(UMI)AAI8600216
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/71682

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2026-07-22
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citation

Im, Seyoung. Large Deflections of Structures With Small Elastic Strains (Nonlinear, Rotations). Dissertation thesis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2142/71682