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To determine deflection of a cantilever beam under superimposed loads
By Alex Slocum, 1/1/04, last modified 06/11/04 by Xue'en Yang
Enters numbers in BOLD,
Schematic
Equations
w L w a x aw
2
0
V F x a f w a x aw
2 L aw
wL wa
2 3
wa x a xa 0
w L w a x aw
2
0
V F x a f w a x aw
2 L aw
w L w a x aw
2 3
w a x aw 0
M M A R Ax F x a f M x am
2 6 L aw
2
w L w a x aw
3 4
x 2 F x af w a x aw M
q q A M A R Ax
EI 2 EI 2 EI 6 EI 24 EI L a w
3
w L w a x aw
4
2 3 F x af w a x aw
d d A q Ax M A x R A x
2 EI 6 EI 6 EI 24 EI 120 EI L a w
w L w a L aw L aw wL w
2
RB F
2
M B F L a f 2
wa
3
La
2
w L w a M L aw
3
F L af w
qA wa
2 EI 6 EI 4 EI
dA
F 2 L 3 3a f L 2 a f
3
La w
3
w a 3 L aw
w L w a 4 L aw
6 EI 24 EI 5
Instructions
Enter total length of beam in mm
Enter width of beam in mm
Enter height of beam in mm
Enter length increment to be used in finite difference calculation
Enter elastic modulus in N/mm^2
=1/12*W*H^3
= H/2
See schematic for definitions of loads and positions
Enter amplitude of the point load, in N
Enter location of the point load, in mm
Enter amplitude of the distributed load near the cantilever end, in N/mm
Enter amplitude of the distributed load at the clamped end, in N/mm
Enter location for wa, in mm
Enter amplitude of the applied moment, in N*mm
Enter location of the moment load, in mm
Return maximum deflection along the beam in microns
Return maximum slope along the beam in milli radians
Reaction force at A
Reaction force at B
Reaction moment at A
Reaction moment at B
Rotation at A
Rotation at B
Deflection at A
Deflection at B
w a x aw
2
L aw
wL wa
2 3
a xa 0
w a x aw
2
L aw
w L w a x aw
2 3
aw 0
M x am
6 L aw
w L w a x aw
3 4
w a x aw M x am
6 EI 24 EI L a w EI
3
w L w a x aw
4 5 2
af w a x aw M x am
I 24 EI 120 EI L a w 2 EI
L aw wL wa
2
F L a f 2
wa
3
M
w a M L aw
4 EI
3
w L w a 4 L aw M L 2 am 2
w a 3 L aw
5 2 EI
S lope (m illi radians)
Deflection (mcrons) Deflection
0.0
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 0.900
-10.0 0.800
0.700
-20.0
0.600
0.500
-30.0
0.400
-40.0 0.300
0.200
-50.0 0.100
0.000
-60.0 Distance from left end of beam (mm) 0 10
Moment (N-mm)
Moment
0 0.0
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 0 10
-2.0
Stress (Pa)
-500
-4.0
-6.0
-1000
-8.0
-1500
-10.0
-12.0
-2000
-14.0
Transverse Shear
0
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
-10
-20
-30
-40
Transverse She
Transverse Shear
0
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
-10
-20
-30
-40
-50
-60
Slope
0.900
0.800
0.700
0.600
0.500
0.400
0.300
0.200
0.100
0.000
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
Distance from left end of beam (mm)
Stress
0.0
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
-2.0
Stress (Pa)
-4.0
-6.0
-8.0
-10.0
-12.0
-14.0