Abstract: Empirical estimates of the fundamental frequency of tall buildings vary inversely with their height, a dependency not exhibited by the various familiar models of beam behavior. This paper examines and explains this apparent ...

Abstract: This paper presents a new way of determining the compatibility conditions for statically indeterminate trusses. It is based on equations relating the angular displacements (rotations) of truss elements to the corresponding ...

Abstract: This paper presents analytical estimates of the behavior exhibited by curved, archlike structures under radially directed and gravitational line loads. The behavior is shown to range from elementary beam bending at one end ...