Structural Engineering & Statics
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Continuity — 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.
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    The moment over the support, and what it buys

    Run a beam over its supports instead of stopping at each one, and the mid-span moment falls by a third while a new moment appears where there was none. Nothing was added but continuity.

    rung 1 · internal-forces

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