The paper presents a comprehensive analysis of finite elastic deflections, under static conditions, of a light, inextensible, centrally loaded bar supported by two pivoted symmetrical end-links. The analysis is based on the exact Bernoulli-Euler equation of flexure. The characteristic equation of the system is derived and the expressions for the compatible values of the central force and the various components of deflection are obtained in dimensionless parametric form in terms of elliptic integrals and functions.
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