Abstract

This paper is devoted to a study of the second order infinitesimal bendings of a class of toroids generated by a simple polygonal meridian. A necessary and sufficient condition for the existence of the second order infinitesimal bendings is determined.

Keywords: Second order infinitesimal bendings, toroid.

MSC: 53A05

Pages:  51$-$58     

Volume  49 ,  Issue  1 ,  1997