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I'm not sure how I could describe the curvature in terms of the parameters I have. If I was to reverse engineer the equation for strain I have , and assume that strain is equal to y/R (as found online), I would have an expression for the curvature of L^2/(6*displacement). This doesn't seem...

Thanks for your reply. Maximum curvature is at the fixed end. However, I can't measure the curvature to any degree of accuracy, as such for the sake of this problem it is not available.

Apologies, I should have stated I am looking for the maximum strain. I have got the full force-displacement data of a bend experiment. I know the geometry of the beam (triangular cross section) so can calculate the maximum stress at any time as (M*y)/I, which for the triangular cross-section...

Hi everyone. I feel there should be a simple answer to this but I can't seem to find anything on this. So I have a simple cantilever beam, supported at one side and loaded at the free end. I have the force displacement data and can easily calculate the stress. However, for the strain I do...