Deflection In Beam and Cantilever

ABSTRACT

The primary objective of this experiment is to observe the relationship between the loads
and the deflection of the beam where the vertical displacement caused by an external load on a
beam is known as deflection. This experiment is subdivided into two parts where the first part is
to determine the deflection of a cantilever with various points of loads which are 100g, 200g,
300g, 400g, and 500g for the three different materials. Furthermore, the second part is to
determine the deflection of a supported beam to a variety of loads which are 100g, 200g, 300g,
400g, and 500g as well as also to determine the deflection of a supported beam to a fixed load
of 500g on various lengths. For experiment A, the graph of Deflection, mm, is against Mass, g,
which are plotted for each material shows that both experimental deflection values and
theoretical deflection values are directly proportional with the load of 100g, 200g, 300, 400g and
500g. Therefore, the objective has been achieved. For the first part of experiment B, the graph
of Deflection, mm, against Mass, g, shows that both experimental deflection values and
theoretical deflection values are directly proportional with the load of 100g, 200g, 300, 400g and
500g. Moreover, for the second part of experiment B, a graph of Deflection, mm, against Length,
mm, showed that the deflection is increasing exponentially to the length of the beam. Hence,
proved that deflection increases as the length of the fixed load increases thus the objective has
also been achieved.

Keyword: length,deflection, load, directly proportional