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Joint stiffness — 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. 00.0050.010.0150.020.0250.030.0350.040.0450.05050100150200rotation, radiansmoment, kN·mrigid abovepinned belowweb cleats — pinnedflush end plate — semi-rigidextended end plate — semi-rigid

    Neither pinned nor rigid, which is every real connection

    Frame analysis offers two options for a joint and reality supplies a continuum between them. Worse, the boundaries are not properties of the connection at all — the same end plate is rigid on a short stiff beam and semi-rigid on a long slender one.

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