Publications [#321796] of Lawrence N. Virgin
Papers Published
- Virgin, LN; Plaut, RH; Cartee, EV, The effect of gravity on a slender loop structure,
Conference Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics Series, vol. 1
(January, 2016),
pp. 185-190, Springer International Publishing, ISBN 9783319152202 [doi]
(last updated on 2023/06/01)Abstract:
The deformation and vibration of vertical, highly flexible loops are investigated primarily from an experimental perspective. Both upright and hanging loops are considered with a small clamped length. The effects of self-weight on the loop static deformation and lowest frequency for in-plane symmetric vibrations are determined. Good agreement is attained between some theoretical results (based on an inextensible elastica model) and the experimental data. An interesting phenomenon of adjacent, co-existing solutions is also described.