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Exotic equilibrium states of the elastic string

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 November 2011

Michael Reeken
Affiliation:
Fachbereich 7 Mathematik, Universität GHS Wuppertal, Postfach 100127, 5600 Wuppertal 1, B.R.D.

Synopsis

A detailed description of the totality of distributional solutions of the catenary problem for nonlinear elastic strings is given.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1984

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