DOI: 10.1177/10812865261500765 ISSN: 1081-2865
Notes on a fractal shell triangle
Marcelo Epstein, Philip VernonThe stiffness of a material Sierpiński triangle incorporating membrane, drilling, and flexural effects is derived by using a principle of stiffness self-similarity. It is shown that the mechanical response is completely characterized by just three material parameters. The results can be considered as exact within the framework of linear isotropic infinitesimal elasticity.