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INDETERMINATE STRUCTURE [2 records]

Record 1 2012-03-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Strength of Materials
DEF

A frame in which additional equations must be introduced to determine the forces in each of its members.

CONT

A hyperstatic structure has more members or restraints than are required by Mobius law, and those in excess of static requirements are called "redundancies". If the redundancies are removed, the structure becomes isostatic.

Key term(s)
  • statically indeterminate system
  • statically-indeterminate system

French

Domaine(s)
  • Résistance des matériaux
DEF

Structure pour laquelle il n'est pas possible de déterminer les sollicitations qui résultent d'un système de charges donné en faisant appel uniquement aux équations de la statique. (L'un des objets de la résistance des matériaux est d'établir les relations complémentaires de celles de la statique et permettant d'évaluer les sollicitations.)

DEF

Ensemble surabondant de liaisons internes ou externes assurant l'indéformabilité géométrique d'une structure.

Spanish

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Record 2 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tolerances and Modular Co-ordination (Construction)
  • Types of Constructed Works

French

Domaine(s)
  • Calcul, tolérances et modulation (Construction)
  • Types de constructions

Spanish

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