Recent content by ripson

Thanks AlephZero. Good point about Possion's Ratio, I never really appreciated that in beam bending. Thanks for the eraser analogy too, I like to keep things simple. So just to confirm, when the beam is relaxed, in equilibrium, there will be no stress at the top or the bottom. But when it...

Hi Consider a symmetrical beam, where as we know the Neutral Axis (NA) would be at the Geometric Center. If that beam was simply supported at both ends, there would be equal tension and compression to ensure that beam was in equilibrium. Now if we applied a vertical load, downwards, in the...

Hi Consider a symmetrical beam, where as we know the Neutral Axis (NA) would be at the Geometric Center. If that beam was simply supported at both ends, there would be equal tension and compression to ensure that beam was in equilibrium. Now if we applied a vertical load, downwards, in...