Mechanical Engineering - Strength of Materials - Discussion

Discussion Forum : Strength of Materials - Section 1 (Q.No. 27)
27.
The simply supported beam 'A' of length l carries a central point load W. Another beam 'B' is loaded with a uniformly distributed load such that the total load on the beam is W. The ratio of maximum deflections between beams A and B is
5/8
8/5
5/4
4/5
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Chandra prakash said:   8 years ago
We knw that,
Deflection in sim.

Supp. Beam is = WL3/48 EI,
For UDL 5WL3/ 384 EI
So, right answer is 1.6 or 8 /5.

MOHD SABIR HUSSAIN said:   8 years ago
As we know that,

For point load, deflection = wl^3/48EI and for UDL deflection = 5wl^3/384EI.
So, the ratio is 1.6 i.e 8/5.
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Anil kumar said:   7 years ago
Here it comes like l^4.
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