Hello All, I'm trying to figure out the maximum moment for a free beam that has a few forces on it. It's meant to model a tailsitter aircraft that has two motors producing thrust on the ends of its main spar. The idea is to understand the maximum moment on the main spar.
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If two plates of Aluminum (both are 2" tall, and 1/2" thick) were placed over each other (see photo 1) and then welded together all around the perimeter of the second plate (the blue one) as indicated by the yellow lines in photo 2, then would the moment of inertia be calculated as if the local...