Effect of Material Nonlinearity on Large Deflection of Variable-Arc-Length Beams Subjected to Uniform Self-Weight

Figure 4

Equilibrium configurations of the variable-arc-length beams for 𝑛 = 1, 2, 3, and 4 subjected to the dimensionless uniform self-weight 𝑤 equal to 5.

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