Recent content by jrmainia

In an effort to simplify the calc and let mathcad do the work, I defined (x=0) @ the free end and (L=x) at the fixed end and set up functions in terms of x. I also included graphs for the diameter, moment, moment of inertia, deflection angle, and deflection all in terms of x. I think that the...

That makes sense. I changed my coordinate system picture in Case 2 so that the distance measured for the moment is zero at the free end. I added equation y3. It is only to show that using a constant value for I, the deflection found through double integration is still incorrect, so this...

So I changed the length and the case 2 deflection is still half case 1 deflection.

I need help comparing the deflection of pipe with two different cases. Case 1 is a regular non-tapering pipe. The case 2 is a tapered pipe that should deflect less than the straight pipe. I am working in MathCad and can change the value of my variables, so I have set the two cases to be equal...