well, I think now it seems it has to be at the center. Anything closer to b will give a negative force for the support. Again, to me that doesn't physically make sense, since the support is underneath the beam giving a positive force upward.
Yes sorry,
The question at the end of the description says "what is the minimum distance the support can be placed from point B?" Right, so I guess it may not necessarily be the center.
Thanks so much for all of your help!
Oh right, well yea, I suppose I can. Ok, but I guess for sake of learning, if there was a constraint that prevented me from doing so (something in the path of the midpoint for example), what would be the next step? I guess anything in between the midpoint and point B would cause the moments to...
[b]1. There is a beam with labels point A on the left hand side of the beam and point B on the right hand side of the beam. The beam is supported by bolts on side B (that can handle up to 4000 lb). There is no support on side A, so a support has to placed at some distance from B to support the...