I guess I left that a little open ended to me wasting my time at work with attempting to do everything by hand. I do have all the available resources at work, but I would like to personally know the computation for myself. I am working on a simplified spreadsheet for what I do to compile a...
Hi all,
I've been working through some designs at work, and I came across a condition of loading where I was unsure of the way to calculate actual deflection. I had 3 unequal point loads, unevenly spaced.
For example:
l = 10ft
P1 = 1kip
x1 = 1ft
P2 = 2kip
x2 = 3ft
P3 = 1.5kip
x3 = 7ft
At...