Structural Engineering & Statics
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Component method — the ladder

One essay so far against this idea. A ladder is the distinct arguments that stand against one idea, and this one has room to grow.
  1. flexibility contributed by each componentthey add, so the softest dominates — Sj = 25227.71 kN·m/radwhat doubling it buyscolumn web in shear21.89%×1.12column web in compression11.55%×1.06column flange in bending39.62%×1.25end plate in bending18.09%×1.1bolts in tension8.85%×1.05

    A joint made of springs in series

    A connection's stiffness is not a property of the connection. It is the series combination of the flexibilities of everything the force passes through — so the softest component decides, and stiffening any of the others changes almost nothing.

    rung 1 · connections

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