 Initially curved compressed beam (source code)

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= Initially curved compressed beam

For a pin-ended slender beam with unstressed profile $y_0$, <bending moment> depends on <curvature> change: $M=EI(y-y_0)$. An axial dead load gives $EI(y-y_0)=-Fy$ in the small-slope model.

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