loads

[sharoraja79]

any example of piont load physicaly?????????

 

[SLTA]

A point load could be a million things - a beam framing into another beam, a support corner for a mech unit, a post coming down onto a beam or slab, etc...

Are you a student? If so, go talk to your professor. If not, then you should know this, and go talk to your manager.

 

[leisure17]

I think he means a point load physically as opposed to a beam or leg which you could say perdantically was a UDL over a very small area. !

 

[rb1957]

paraphrasing above, a point force is a mathematical presentation of the real world, as opposed to a physical reality. in reality forces are applied over areas, mathematically it's convenient to assume that the load is applied at a discrete point rather than applied over a small area.

clear as mud ?

 

[MiketheEngineer]

Stand on one foot on your big toe only. That is a point load

 

[Teguci]

While we're at it, what is the volume of a square or the area of a line?

I guess questions like this are the reason we are forced to take a psychology class for engineering.

 

[MiketheEngineer]

There was a book I read in college - "Flatline" or something like that. It was a discussion of what life in a two dimensional world would be like.

WEIRD!!

 

[fancypants]

Hey Mike,

That was Flatland by Edmund Abbott. It was a really cool read. Remember how a three dimensional object would appear in 2D land as it passed through.

cool book that everyone should read since it is free now.

 

[MiketheEngineer]

THAT'S IT!! It was great!!!

My gf at the time - love of my life - recommended it. Of course she got a Masters in Math and then became a veterinarian. Not sure where that came from.

And she was HOT!!