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Shear deflection — the ladder

One essay so far against this idea. A ladder is the distinct arguments that stand against one idea, and this one has room to grow.
  1. 100 kNthe gap is the shear: 16.3% of the totalbending alone, and what the beam really doesthe shear part alone, magnified 3 times furthertwo straight lines meeting under the loadshearγ = V/GAs is a slope the section is racked through, not a curvature —so this diagram is integrated once, where the moment diagram above it is integrated twice

    The deflection that is not bending

    Every deflection on this site so far has been the second integral of a moment, and that calculation silently drops a term. The beam also shears, and the shear deflection is not a correction to the curve — it is a different shape, and for a deep member it is most of the answer.

    rung 1 · deflection

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