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Membrane action — 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. 00.511.522.5020406080100120140deflection ÷ thicknessload the strip carriesarchingcatenaryyield line× 3.89 at 0.24tnothing to arch against

    The force nobody put in the model

    A slab strip whose ends cannot move apart is not the strip in the yield-line calculation. Deflecting shortens the chord between its ends, the ends do not come in, and the strip is forced into an arch — worth four times the load it was designed for, at a movement nobody would see.

    rung 1 · internal-forces

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