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Stiffness and Strength Analysis of Upholstered Furniture

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Upholstery frames belong to 3D structures, i.e. to constructions created from stiffly connected rods (elements), the axes of which make up curved or polygonal lines not lying in one plane, or 2D frames, but loaded with forces not lying in the system plane (Fig. 8.1).

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Smardzewski, J. (2015). Stiffness and Strength Analysis of Upholstered Furniture. In: Furniture Design. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-19533-9_8

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