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Structural Mechanics: Its Boundary Conditions and Applications

Sandeep Choudhary

Abstract


Structural mechanics is the study of the calculation of deformations, deflections, internal forces, or
stresses (stress equivalents) within structures, either for design or for performance assessment of
already-existing structures. An area of structural analysis is this. Structural loads, the geometric
representation and support circumstances of the structure, as well as the material properties, are all
input variables for structural mechanics analyses. Support responses, strains, and displacements
could all be included in the output numbers. The implications of stability and nonlinear behaviour
might be included in advanced structural mechanics. Although the finite element approximation is
fairly conventional, stabilization is included to account for almost incompressible material behaviour.
The intriguing aspect of this situation is the non-differentiable nonlinearity that results from rewriting
the confined problem as a variational equation. The set of mechanics theories that adhere to physical
principles that are needed to analyze and forecast the behaviour of structures make up structural
analysis. The main criterion used to assess the integrity of engineering artefacts that are the subject of
structural analysis is the ability to withstand loads.


Keywords


Structural mechanics, Navier’s equations, dynamic loading, harmonic loads, beam theory

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.37628/ijsmfe.v8i1.1462

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