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Drag the loads horizontally with the cursor. The beam length is fixed at 100 cm.
50
50
50
100
100
Materials
Nylon (E=5 GPa)
Wood (E=15 GPa)
Aluminium (E=70 GPa)
Loading geometry
Cantilever
3 point bending
4 point bending
Beam section
w
2.5
cm
h
2.5
cm
I
m
4
F
80
N
0 cm
50 cm
Press to add another
weight (max 3)
F
20
N
F
30
N
Curvature, Κ /m-1
Moment, M /N m
4000
4000
0
4000
4000
0
0
25
50
75
cm
100 cm
Curvature
Moment
1.25
0
-1.25
MPa
260
210
160
110
60
10
-10
-60
-110
-160
-210
-260
Tensile
Compressive