Recent content by XaeroR35

Yes, I trust FEA. I just need to know if there is a way to do this calculation by hand.

I need help analyzing a load scenario. I have a stiffened panel with fixed and pinned edges. There are fairly sturdy stiffeners equally spaced below the panel. There is a uniform patch load (pressure) that can be applied at any point around the panel. I need to determine the resulting stress...

I know all the terms, I just don't know how to solve this problem. I sketched it quick to give an example of what I am trying to do. I found a spreadsheet that solves this, but I would like to know how to do it by hand. I have not done beam analysis since school (8+ years ago)

This is a statically indeterminate case, which requires special methods to solve, one of which is the three-moment equation. I just can't find an example with this loading condition. I found point load, and uniformly loaded across the entire span, just not uniform load at a small section.

It has been a few years since I have done beam analysis, and I really don’t remember how to solve this type of problem so I have been reading up on it. I have found similar situations but nothing that matches the problem I am having. I have a continuous beam of 3 spans with a uniform...