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Metric and Imperial Units

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The above beam design and deflection equations may be used with both imperial and metric
units. As with all calculations/formulas care must be taken to keep consistent units throughout
with examples of units which should be adopted listed below:
Notation

► FBD = free body diagram

► SFD = shear force diagram
► BMD = bending moment diagram

► a & b = span length under consideration, in or m

► M = maximum bending moment, lbf.in or kNm
► R = reaction load at bearing point, lbf or kN
► V = maximum shear force, lbf or kN
► w = load per unit length, lbf/in or kN/m
► x = horizontal distance from reaction point, in or m

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