
Research and Applications in Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation – Zingoni (Ed.)
© 2013 Taylor & Francis Group, London, ISBN 978-1-138-00061-2
Tensile and compressive buckling of shear deformable damaged beams
S. Caddemi, I. Caliò & F. Cannizzaro
Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile ed Ambientale, University of Catania, Italy
ABSTRACT: In this work the static stability analysis of the Timoshenko beam in presence of an arbitrary
number of concentrated cracks is studied. The governing differential equations are formulated by modelling the
cracks as a concentrated reduction of the flexural stiffness, accomplished by the use of Dirac’s delta ...