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MECHMAT 24: Beams V – Deflection – YOUTUBE PLAYLIST
Session 24.1 Beams V – Deflection – Derived Relationships for Deflection
Session 24.2 Beams V – Deflection – Procedure for Calculating Deflection
I made a couple of mistakes in Example 24.2. Please refer to the updated notes for Su2023 below. The principles and approaches are fine in Example 24.2, but I added an extra L and for the initial expressions of moments and integrated one expression incorrectly.
Session 24.3 Beams V – Deflection – Statically Indeterminate Beams
Mechanics of Materials – Session 24: Beams V – Deflection
In-class problem-solving in small groups working on problems involving deflection of beams.
Date: December 6, 2024
Date: July 2, 2024
Date: December 5, 2023
Date: July 7, 2023
Notes
Fa2024 Session 24: MechMat – Beams V – Deflection – Instructional Slides
Fa2023 Session 24: MechMat – Beams V – Deflection – Instructional Slides
Fa 2023 In-class and Office Hours Notes
Su2023 Session 24: MechMat – Beams V – Deflection – Instructional Slides
Su2023 In-class and Office Hours Notes
Sp2023 Session 24: MechMat – Beams V – Deflection – Instructional Slides
Sp2023 MechMat In-class Notes Starting from Session 9
Select Assignment Questions
How to calculate the elastic curve/deflection of a cantilevered beam with an applied load at the end using Euler-Bernoulli beam bending equations
How to calculate the elastic curve/deflection along a simply supported beam with an applied coupled moment halfway along the beam using Euler-Bernoulli beam bending equations. Phew… that’s a long phrase.
How to Calculate Displacements and Stresses in a Cantilevered Beam Using a Table for Euler-Bernoulli Bending and Finite Element Method (FEM) in FreeCAD
Online Text
Euler–Bernoulli beam theory – Wikipedia
Beams – Wikiversity
Roark’s Formulas for Stress and Strain – Wikipedia
List of finite element software packages – Wikipedia
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