ANALYTICAL CALCULATION OF THE DEFLECTIONOF A SPATIAL HINGE-ROD FRAME WITH AN ARBITRARY NUMBER OF PANELS

Statement of the problem. The task is to obtain in symbolic form the dependence of the deflection of the proposed scheme of a statically definable spatial truss of a regular type on the number of panels under various loads, including the load from the truss plane. A truss has two independent parameters that define its proportions.Results. For several types of loading according to the Maxwell - Mohr formula, analytical dependences of the deflections of the structure on the number of panels, load, and dimensions are derived. When generalizing a series of partial solutions with a given number of panels to an arbitrary number of panels, together with operators of the Maple computer mathematics system, the induction method is used. Asymptotic approximations of solutions are obtained.Conclusions. The proposed model of a spatial frame with two independent numbers of panels that define the proportions of the structure allows an analytical solution of the problem of deflection under different types of loading. The derived formulas can be used as test formulas for evaluating approximate numerical solutions and for optimization problems.