Ladder

Snap through — 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. 050100150200250300350-150-100-50050100150movement of the apex (mm)load (kN)limit point: 133.4 kNit jumps 260 mmas builtat the limitafter it goes

    The roof that jumps

    Every stability failure in this collection so far has been a bifurcation — a straight thing discovering it can be bent. A shallow frame does something else entirely. It stays perfectly symmetric, deforms steadily, and at some point the load it can carry starts to fall while it is still moving in the direction it was pushed.

    rung 1 · stability

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