The deformation gradient tensors are used with the nodal strain tensors to obtain rate of deformation tensors in the deformed configuration.
In this paper, a mechanical model is proposed to estimate the static response (stiffness, residual capacity, deformed configuration, strain/strain distribution within cross-section, and deformation capacity) of a rope asymmetrically damaged.
The point Y 0 which, prior to deformation, had the coordinates (0,0,l) goes into point Y from the deformed configuration.
Such geometries represent a deformed configuration stressed by typical in vivo conditions.
It is demonstrated that viscoelastic effects can cause structures to exhibit temporary bistability in a deformed configuration.
The GBT-based results provide the evolution, along given equilibrium paths, of the beam deformed configuration (expressed in modal terms), relevant displacement profiles and modal participation diagrams.
The anti-plane mode of small electroelastic waves propagating in the material deformed configuration is determined by means of a proper adjustment of the plane-wave expansion method.
However, as the allowable vertical deflection increases with the availability of sufficient ductility supply, this assumption becomes realistic compared to the actual floor system deformed configuration.
Local refinement is done in tandem with a computationally efficient and physically accurate simulation model based on Cosserat rod theory to ensure that the deformed configuration still satisfies functional constraints when influenced by gravity.
The performance of the optimized designs is verified by experiments showing the importance of accounting for a nonlinear kinematics in order to obtain the desired shape in the deformed configuration.
The system is characterized by a double deformed configuration obtained using cold bending procedure, applying displacements in correspondence of two opposite corners and avoiding spring back phenomena through the steel frame.
