Carl Gustov Jacob Jacobi (1804 1851), a German mathematician, was educated

at the University of Berlin and became a full professor at the University of

Konigsberg in 1832. The method he developed for finding the eigen solution of
real symmetric matrices has become known as the Jacobi method. He made significant contributions to the fields of elliptic functions, number theory, differential
equations, and mechanics and introduced the definition of Jacobian in the theory
of determinants. (Courtesy of Dirk J. Struik, A Concise History of Mathematics,
2nd ed., Dover Publications, New York, 1948.)

AP P E NDIX

Deflection of Beams
and Plates
Cantilever Beam
P
a

y1x2 =

Px2
13a - x2;
6EI
Pa2
13x - a2;
6EI

y
Simply Supported Beam
P
a

y1x2 =

Pbx 2
1l - x 2 - b22; 0
x
a
6EIl
Pa1l - x2
12lx - x 2 - a 22; a
x
6EIl

y
Fixed-fixed Beam
P
a
x
l

y1x2 =

Pb2x 2
[3 al - x13a + b2]; 0
x
a
6EIl3
Pa21l - x22
[3 bl - 1l - x213b + a2]; a
6EIl3

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Simply Supported Beam with Overhang

P
a
b
c
x

Same as in case of simply supported beam

y1x2 = for 0
x
a and a
x
l
d
Pa 2
1l - a221x - l2; l
x
l + c
6EIl

l
y
Simply Supported Beam with Overhanging Load
P
l
a

y1x2 =

Pax 2
1x - l22; 0
x
l
6EIl
P1x - l2
[a13x - l2 - 1x - l22];
6EIl

y
Fixed-fixed Beam with End Displacement
x

y1x2 =

P
13 lx 2 - 2 x32
12EI

P
l

EI
y

Simply Supported Circular Plate

P

ycenter =
where D =

Pr2 13 + v2
16pD 11 + v2
Et3
,
1211 - v 22

t = plate thickness,

and v = Poisson s ratio

Fixed Circular Plate
P

ycenter =

Pr2
16pD

ycenter =

aPa 2
with a = 0.1267 for v = 0.3
Et3

ycenter =

aPa 2
with a = 0.0611 for v = 0.3
Et3

r
Square Plate Simply Supported on All Sides
P
a
a
Square Plate Fixed on All Sides
P
a
a

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l + a