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I remember yes.haruspex said:As I wrote, that's not quite true. Ideally there is none, but in the real world there's imprecision and flexing.
As you load the beam it flexes slightly, leading to a torque at each wall.
I think I understand moment better know. Consider a beam that is fixed to the wall. The gravitational force on the beam causes a moment and where it is fixed to the wall prevents the rotation of the beam thus in a free body diagram we draw a moment there. But if beam is fixed at both ends the gravitational force does not cause a moment. It is the reactionary forces at the walls that prevents rotation. Am I on the right track?Lnewqban said: