Recent content by Wesley

knowing that this beam is kinematically unstable is there any way to find the constants?

So the back of the car will be held rigidly by 2 supports clamped down and the front will be held by this beam on supports that raise off of it to the hubs or the frame (universal design). In the middle of the beam where I have the pivot will be a piece of angle iron and on the far left weight...

Hello I am creating a torsional testing rig for a Formula Sae car, the front of the car will be pivoted about the center on a beam with the loading off to one side. In the design I need to calculate the deflection of the beam in order to determine which material and what profile of metal will...