Required Reading: revised Apr. 01, 2009

1. Discontinuous distributions for bars, shafts, and beams 1/6/09 pdf

2. Finite elements as springs for bars, shafts, and beams 1/14/09 pdf

3. Fixed-fixed column, 2 FE (black/white) 1/16/09 pdf

4. Orthotropic material properties 1/30/09 pdf

5. Analytic spring models 2/18/09 pdf

6. Dummy load deflection example 2/09/09 pdf

7. Buchanan two beam element example 2/23/09 pdf

8. Solutions table for beams on elastic foundation 3/3/09 pdf

9. Hetenyi cylindrical water tank as beam on elastic foundation 3/3/09 pdf

10a. Volterra beam on elastic foundation, analytic solution 3/3/09 pdf

10b. Volterra beam on elastic foundation, with lift-off 3/3/09 pdf

11. Symmetric curved beams in pure bending 3/3/09 pdf

12a. Membrane analogy UC_Davis 3/20/09 PDF

12b. Torsion-Thermal analogy JEA 3/30/09 PDF

13. Torsion of bars with holes 3/30/09 PDF

13b Torsion of bars with holes with corners 4/1/09 PDF