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Plastic hinge — 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. sagging hinge at 4.69hinge at the fixed endlowest upper bound: 7.29every hinge position gives an upper bound on the collapse loadassumed position of the sagging hingecoefficient 11.66 Mp ÷ L²

    After the first yield, which is not the end

    A steel beam whose extreme fibre has reached yield has not failed. It has started forming a hinge, and collapse waits until there are enough hinges to make a mechanism.

    rung 1 · internal-forces

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