Deflection in beams

[KieranSean]

What could be the causes for a difference in measured and calculated values of deflection, other than human error, material impurities etc?

 

[40818]

Methinks its a student question.
Putting my Sherlock holmes hat on:
1) Macauleys tends to be taught at schools but not generally practised in industry.
2) the OPs name has "88" which i take it they are only around 22 years old.
3)I must be getting grouchy

 

[drawoh]

Methinks its a student question.

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I have used double integration to solve stuff. Macauleys method is not completely accurate. Either I was not taught, or I did not remember this from school. It doesn't hurt to crack open the old textbooks once in a while.

88 could be a year of birth, it could be the numnber of Kierans on Eng-Tips. It could be the number of keys on a piano. It could be the size of a gun. It could be an Oldsmobile. It could be part of a famous rock and roll song.

It sounds like he has phyically tested this beam. At worst, we are not doing his homework, and it is not a dumb question.

JHG

 

[FeX32]

It is common to put the yr of birth in the handle, good thing I didn't . Or did I?


Fe

 

[dvd]

88 could be 96 in base 11