About: Macaulay brackets is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 1 publications have been published within this topic receiving 21 citations. The topic is also known as: Macaulay bracket.
TL;DR: In this article, the logical basis of the method is explained, and detailed expressions are derived in a form suitable for immediate application to a wide range of static and pulsating beam problems and to some axially symmetrical plate problems.
Abstract: Some recent references to the use of Macaulay brackets in the analysis of the deflections of beams under discontinuous lateral loads suggest that it is not widely realized that the concept can easily be generalized to apply to a wide range of problems, particularly those occurring in structural mechanics. In this paper the logical basis of the method is explained, and detailed expressions are derived in a form suitable for immediate application to a wide range of static and pulsating beam problems and to some axially symmetrical plate problems.