The integrations needed to determine beam deflections require the enforcement of the appropriate displacement and rotation boundary conditions (BCs). It is important that we be able to recognize these ...

In Chapters 9, 10 and 11 we investigated the strength of beams in terms of the stresses produced by the action of bending, shear and torsion, respectively. An associated problem is the determination ...

The bridge in Figure 7.1b shows beams that must provide enough stiffness to resist large deflections due to the weight of the traffic. Adequate flexibility or stiffness can be incorporated into beam ...

This course presents the fundamental principles of structural analysis, determination of reactions, internal forces and deflections under the static load conditions. The course is mainly focused to ...

(Think a deck of playing cards.) Under the action of a transverse load we see below how the beam deflects in the absence of shear stiffness. Focus, in particular, on the deflection at the right end of ...