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Drag the loads horizontally with the cursor. The beam length is fixed at 100 cm.
50
Materials
Aluminium (E=70 GPa)
Loading geometry
;Cantilever
Beam section
w
1.5
cm
h
1.5
cm
I
m
4
F
80
N
0 cm
50 cm
elastic
plastic
residual
neutral axis
Elastic
Plastic
Residual
σy
61
MPa
Beam neutral axis after
deformation
Curvature, Κ /m-1
Moment, M /N m
4000
4000
0
4000
4000
0
0
25
50
75
cm
100 cm
1.25
0
-1.25
elastic
plastic
residual
Moment, M
curvature, Κ
σY
-σY
MPa
260
210
160
110
60
10
-10
-60
-110
-160
-210
-260