Structural Engineering & Statics
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Support layout — 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. 00.050.10.150.20.250.30.3501020304050overhang, as a fraction of the spanbest at 21% — peak 8.8sagging, mid-spanhogging, over the supportmoving the supports in by a third of the way halves the worst moment

    Where to put the supports, which is not at the ends

    Moving the supports of a uniformly loaded beam inward by about a fifth of its length halves the worst bending moment. The load has not changed and nor has the beam.

    rung 1 · internal-forces

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