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<journal-id>1870-3542</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista mexicana de física E]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. mex. fís. E]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1870-3542</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Sociedad Mexicana de Física]]></publisher-name>
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<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[The elastic rod]]></article-title>
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<surname><![CDATA[Pacheco Q.]]></surname>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Piña]]></surname>
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<institution><![CDATA[,Instituto Politécnico Nacional Escuela Superior de Física y Matemáticas Departamento de Física]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[México D.F.]]></addr-line>
<country>México</country>
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<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana Departamento de Física ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[México D. F.]]></addr-line>
<country>México</country>
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<month>12</month>
<year>2007</year>
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<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2007</year>
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<volume>53</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<fpage>186</fpage>
<lpage>190</lpage>
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<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1870-35422007000200008&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1870-35422007000200008&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1870-35422007000200008&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[The form of an elastic rod in equilibrium subject to a buckling by the action of two opposite forces at its ends is explicitly calculated and drawn. The full expression for the radius of curvature in the equation of the beam is considered. It is known that the differential equation describing the form of the rod, written in terms of the arc length and the angle that forms the tangent line to the curve with the horizontal axis of coordinates, is exactly the same one finds in describing the dynamics of great amplitude oscillations of a simple pendulum. This equation is solved exactly in terms of Jacobi's elliptic functions. The solutions are drawn by using in iterated form the addition formulas of those functions. Useful relations among the physical constants of the system and the geometric parameters of the rod are also obtained.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Se calcula explícitamente y se dibuja la forma que toma el pandeo de una varilla elástica sujeta a la acción de dos fuerzas opuestas en sus extremos. Se considera la expresión completa del radio de curvatura en la ecuación de la vigueta. Se sabe que la ecuación diferencial que describe la forma de la varilla elástica, escrita en función de la longitud de arco y del ángulo que forma la línea tangente a la curva con el eje horizontal es exactamente la misma que se encuentra en la descripción de la dinámica de grandes oscilaciones del péndulo simple. Dicha ecuación se resuelve en términos de funciones elípticas de Jacobi. Las soluciones se dibujan mediante el uso iterado de las formulas de adicion de esas funciones. Se encuentran también relaciones útiles entre las constantes físicas del problema y los parámetros geométricos de la varilla.]]></p></abstract>
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</front><body><![CDATA[ <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="4">Ense&ntilde;anza</font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">&nbsp;</font></p>     <p align="center"><font face="verdana" size="4"><b>The elastic rod</b></font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">&nbsp;</font></p>     <p align="center"><font face="verdana" size="2"><b>M.E. Pacheco Q.&ordf;  and E. Pi&ntilde;a<sup>b</sup></b></font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">&nbsp;</font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2"><i> &ordf; Departamento de F&iacute;sica, Escuela Superior de F&iacute;sica y Matem&aacute;ticas, Instituto Polit&eacute;cnico Nacional, U.P. Adolfo L&oacute;pez Mateos, Zacatenco, M&eacute;xico, D.F., 07738 M&eacute;xico, </i>e&#150;mail: <a href="mailto:mario@esfm.ipn.mx">mario@esfm.ipn.mx</a></font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2"><i> <sup>b</sup> Departamento de F&iacute;sica, Universidad Aut&oacute;noma Metropolitana &#150; Iztapalapa Apartado postal 55 534, M&eacute;xico, D. F., 09340 M&eacute;xico, </i>e&#150;mail: <a href="mailto:pge@xanum.uam.mx">pge@xanum.uam.mx</a></font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">&nbsp;</font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">Recibido el 12 de enero de 2007    ]]></body>
<body><![CDATA[<br> Aceptado el 4 de mayo de 2007</font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">&nbsp;</font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2"><b>Abstract</b></font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">The form of an elastic rod in equilibrium subject to a buckling by the action of two opposite forces at its ends is explicitly calculated and drawn. The full expression for the radius of curvature in the equation of the beam is considered. It is known that the differential equation describing the form of the rod, written in terms of the arc length and the angle that forms the tangent line to the curve with the horizontal axis of coordinates, is exactly the same one finds in describing the dynamics of great amplitude oscillations of a simple pendulum. This equation is solved exactly in terms of Jacobi's elliptic functions. The solutions are drawn by using in iterated form the addition formulas of those functions. Useful relations among the physical constants of the system and the geometric parameters of the rod are also obtained.</font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2"><b>Keywords: </b>Elastic rod; Jacobian functions; iterated drawing</font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">&nbsp;</font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2"><b>Resumen</b></font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">Se calcula expl&iacute;citamente y se dibuja la forma que toma el pandeo de una varilla el&aacute;stica sujeta a la acci&oacute;n de dos fuerzas opuestas en sus extremos. Se considera la expresi&oacute;n completa del radio de curvatura en la ecuaci&oacute;n de la vigueta. Se sabe que la ecuaci&oacute;n diferencial que describe la forma de la varilla el&aacute;stica, escrita en funci&oacute;n de la longitud de arco y del &aacute;ngulo que forma la l&iacute;nea tangente a la curva con el eje horizontal es exactamente la misma que se encuentra en la descripci&oacute;n de la din&aacute;mica de grandes oscilaciones del p&eacute;ndulo simple. Dicha ecuaci&oacute;n se resuelve en t&eacute;rminos de funciones el&iacute;pticas de Jacobi. Las soluciones se dibujan mediante el uso iterado de las formulas de adicion de esas funciones. Se encuentran tambi&eacute;n relaciones &uacute;tiles entre las constantes f&iacute;sicas del problema y los par&aacute;metros geom&eacute;tricos de la varilla.</font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2"><b>Descriptores: </b>Varilla el&aacute;stica; funciones jacobianas. </font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">&nbsp;</font></p>     ]]></body>
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