Something a bit harder this week to keep you all on your toes!
What diameter of steel cable is required such that the mid-span deflection of the timber beam is only 50% of the mid-span deflection of the beam without the cable?
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MPS-6E4-02_4201_001
The continuous two span footbridge has a uniform EI (100,000kNm^2) and carries a total load of 12kN/m over its entire length Following a recent flood both the left hand (A) and inner support (B) sink by 25mm. Using any method determine the moment...
3-D Bending moment and torsion diagrams are never easy, so practice makes perfect. Having sketched the bending moment and torsion diagram for the structure above determine the moments and torsion acting on the base of the structure Submit your...
You are sitting in a rowing boat in a small pond, you have an unopened can of baked beans with you. If you throw the can (which sinks) into the pond what happens to the level of the water in...
Congratulations to everyone who tried the question, the correct answer is 5mm. Miss Kaloyana Kostova is our winner this week.
A hand written solution is now in the original post.
Mark