Deflection of beam, reinforced in the center section, multiple Ix values. 2

[bsmet95]

I'm designing a beam for a point load, and to keep compressive stress down, I have to add a stiffener in the center portion, according to the attachment. Is there a way to calculate deflection for this application?

 

[BAretired]

Mike,

The load P appears to be at midspan of the beam, although admittedly its location is not dimensioned. I have no quarrel with those who prefer to use RISA or any similar software to solve the problem, but I echo rb1957's earlier comment:

geeze guys, this is a simple beam problem. IMHO i think we should all be able to work out these problems by hand ... graphically, algebraically, whatever.

BA

 

[bsmet95]

Thank you.