Thanks. Any advice on getting those stresses and loads out of the data? Taking the max stress like I mention above seems wrong, as I think that is actually elsewhere in the beam not at the weld.
The software sections the beam as part of its analysis and gives the length along the beam, the...
Hello all,
I'm designing an octagonal steel cage which has several arms coming off of it which each hold a sail that catches the wind. This leads to high loading in storms (about 2000lb on some of the arms). The result stresses the beams which make up the octagon. I've run the system though...
so people are assuming this is a very small load, or a small displacement, it is not. I think the simple beam framework is the problem but i don't know where to look for something more complex.
this is a 160in long catch that is loaded evenly with load up to 2000lb (I'm trying to get this...
That's not quite my issue if I understand your answer. I'm getting the deflection in the y direction fine. The issue is with that Y deflection the length in the X must contract. that's what I'm looking for. There is only 1 uniformly distributed load across the beam.
So its been a while since I did beam bending back in school and now I'm having some trouble.
The regular equations, I believe, assume fixed ends, at least the ones I can find. Trouble is I am looking for the length by which a beam gets shorter as it bends, and my end points rotate.
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