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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
1.5 cm
1.5 cm
I    m4
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