Analysis and Testing of Axial Compression in Imperfect Slender Truss StrutsNational Aeronautics and Space Administration, Office of Management, Scientific and Technical Information Division, 1990 - Axial loads - 27 pages |
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aluminum-clad graphite/epoxy struts applicability of linear axial compression tests axial shortening measurements Compression in Imperfect compression load concentricity error cross-sectional area cross-sectional concentricity cross-sectional dimensions curve for specimen DCDT 9 direct current eccentrically loaded strut Euler buckling load Experimental 0 01 geometric nonlinearities given in equation half-sine initial imperfection Harold G Hydraulic jack Imperfect Slender Truss inertia initial imperfection magnitude initial imperfection shape joint adaptor Langley Research Center Limit of applicability linear analysis Load cell load eccentricity load-shortening behavior measured to determine moment of inertia NASA nonlinear analysis nonlinear solution parabolic initial imperfection percent point for axial presented in equation Quick-attachment erectable joint rms error shown in figure Slender Truss Struts Space Station Freedom specimen 9 Station Freedom truss strut cross section test setup Theoretical Experimental theoretical load-shortening curves thickness of strut total axial shortening uniform axial compression values xo and x1 Young's modulus