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Techniques for building shear force and bending moment diagrams for statically determinate and indeterminate structures.
Bending & Shear Courses
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Bending & Shear Projects
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Bending & Shear Tutorials
Tutorials to guide you through the topic at a high level while providing you with the tools to dive deeper
How moment redistribution leads to more efficient designs
In this tutorial, we’ll discuss moment redistribution in reinforced concrete and how we can use it to our advantage to achieve more efficient designs. When designing any structural element, our first ...more
Dr Seán Carroll
How I Coded an Analytical Beam Calculator
In this post, guest author Vittorio Lora talks us through how he developed the idea for and ultimately built Beamsolver.com. A structural engineer by training, Vittorio has pivoted in his career to fo...more
Vittorio Lora
How to Analyse Indeterminate Beams using the Moment Distribution Method
In this tutorial we'll explore the moment distribution method. This is an excellent technique for quickly determining the shear force and bending moment diagrams for indeterminate beam and frame struc...more
Dr Seán Carroll
How to Calculate Beam Deflection
In this tutorial, you'll learn how to calculate beam deflection from first principles using the differential equation of the deflection curve. We'll cover several calculation techniques, including one...more
Dr Seán Carroll
Building a Beam Deflection Calculator in Python
In this project, we’ll build a beam deflection calculator that can generate beam deflections by directly integrating the bending moment diagram. The technique we’ll use for calculating deflection in t...more
Dr Seán Carroll
Shear and Moment Diagrams – An Ultimate Guide
Shear force and bending moment diagrams tell us about the underlying state of stress in the structure. Determining shear and moment diagrams is an essential skill for any engineer. Unfortunately it’s ...more
Dr Seán Carroll
Building a Shear Force and Bending Moment Diagram Calculator in Python
In this project we're going to build a Shear Force and Bending Moment Diagram calculator using Python in the Jupyter Notebook development environment. Generating the shear force and bending moment dia...more
Dr Seán Carroll