Variable-Domain Displacement Transfer Functions for Converting Surface Strains into Deflections for Structural Deformed Shape Predictions

ABSTRACT 1 NOMENCLATURE 1 INTRODUCTION 2 NONUNIFORM AND UNIFORM BEAMS 3 BASICS OF CONSTANT-DOMAIN DISPLACEMENT TRANSFER FUNCTIONS 3 Curvature-Strain Equation 4 Discretizations 4 LIST OF CONSTANT-DOMAIN DISPLACEMENT TRANSFER FUNCTIONS 5 Based on Piecewise-Linear Strain Representations 5 1. Nonuniform Embedded Beams (Linear Strain) 5 2. Slightly Nonuniform Embedded Beams (Linear Strain) 6