I can assure you it is not a homework problem. Most of the design work that I do at my work (Alpine Engineered Products) is with truss design and using sophisticated computer software. I haven’t worked out a problem by hand since being in college.
I would prefer to try and solve this using a...
Thanks for the suggestions, although they don't help me specifically.
This is a beam that is already designed and cannot be changed. When I said "Composite Beam" I probably should have used Nonprismatic or maybe a beam with a stepped haunch.
So, I would still like to find out how to start...
A little background info. I'm a recent EI and civil eng. graduate. I have been given a problem to do at my work, that I haven't done for a couple of years now, and would like some help starting.
I have a composite beam with 2 different I values. The left end is fixed and the right end is...
