beam_cantilever.

xls
To determine deflection of a cantilever beam under superimposed loads
By Alex Slocum, 1/1/04, last modified 06/11/04 by Xue'en Yang
Enters numbers in BOLD,
Schematic

L
af F
wL
aw
am wa

M
x
A B
Beam dimensions and properties Values
Length, L (mm) 100
Width, W (mm) 6
Height, H (mm) 25
Length increment, Linc (mm) 1
Modulus of elasticity, E (N/mm^2) 200000
Moment of inertia, I (mm^4) 450
Distance from farthest fiber to neutral axis, cc (mm) 3
Loading
Point load, F (N) 10
Location of point load, af (mm) 0
Distributed load amplitude, wa, (N/mm) 1
Distributed load amplitude, wL, (N/mm) 1
Starting point of distributed load, aw (mm) 50
Moment load, M (N-mm) 1
Location of moment load, am (mm) 25
Reactions at beam ends
RA, Ra (N) 0.000
RB, Rb (N) 60.000
MA, Ma (N) 0.000
MB, Mb (N-mm) -2249.000
qA, ta (radians) 0.001
qB, tb (radians) 0.000
dA, da (microns) -0.057
dB, db (microns) 0.000

Equations

 w L  w a  x  aw
2
0
V   F x  a f  w a x  aw 
2  L  aw 
 w L  w a  x  aw
2 3
w a x  aw 0
M  M A  R Ax  F x  a f    M x  am
2 6  L  aw 
  w L  w a  x  aw
2
0
V   F x  a f  w a x  aw 
2  L  aw 
 w L  w a  x  aw
2 3
w a x  aw 0
M  M A  R Ax  F x  a f    M x  am
2 6  L  aw 
2
 w L  w a  x  aw
3 4
x 2 F x  af w a x  aw M
   A  M A  R Ax    
EI 2 EI 2 EI 6 EI 24 EI  L  aw 
3
 w L  w a  x  aw
4
2 3 F x  af w a x  aw
   A   Ax  M A x  R A x   
2 EI 6 EI 6 EI 24 EI 120 EI  L  a w 

 w L  w a  L  aw   L  aw  w L  w
2

RB  F 
2
M B  F L  a f    2
wa 
3


   L  a 
2
 w L  w a   M  L  aw 
3
F L  af w

A wa  
2 EI 6 EI  4  EI

A

 F 2 L 3  3a f L 2  a f
3
  L  a w
3

 w a 3 L  aw  
 w L  w a  4 L  aw  

6 EI 24 EI  5 

Note: For other types of distributed loads, use principle of superposition

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 beam_cantilever.xls
n of a cantilever beam under superimposed loads
/1/04, last modified 06/11/04 by Xue'en Yang
umbers in BOLD, Results in RED

L
F
wL

B
Instructions
Enter total length of beam in mm
Enter width of beam in mm
Enter height of beam in mm
Enter length increment to be used in finite difference calculation
Enter elastic modulus in N/mm^2

See schematic for definitions of loads and positions

Enter amplitude of the point load, in N
Enter location of the point load, in mm
Enter amplitude of the distributed load near the cantilever end, in N/mm
Enter amplitude of the distributed load at the clamped end, in N/mm
Enter location where the distributed load starts, in mm
Enter amplitude of the applied moment, in N*mm
Enter location of the moment load, in mm

Reaction force at A
Reaction force at B
Reaction moment at A
Reaction moment at B
Rotation at A
Rotation at B
Deflection at A
Deflection at B

w a  x  aw
2

 L  aw 
 w L  w a  x  aw
2 3
aw 0
  M x  am
6  L  aw 
w a  x  aw
2

 L  aw 
 w L  w a  x  aw
2 3
aw 0
  M x  am
6  L  aw 

 w L  w a  x  aw
3 4
w a x  aw M x  am
 
6 EI 24 EI  L  aw  EI
3
 w L  w a  x  aw
4 5 2
af w a x  aw M x  am
  
I 24 EI 120 EI  L  a w  2 EI

 L  aw  w L  wa  
2


 F L  a f   2
wa 
3
M
 

 w a   M  L  aw 

4  EI


3
  w L  w a  4 L  aw   M L 2  am  2

 w a 3 L  a w   
 5  2 EI

uperposition

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 Deflection
0.0 0.900
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
0.800
-10.0
0.700

Slope (milli radians)

-20.0
Deflection (mcrons)

0.600

-30.0 0.500

0.400
-40.0
0.300
-50.0 0.200

0.100
-60.0
0.000
-70.0 0 10
Distance from left end of beam (mm)

Moment
0 0.0
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 0 10
-2.0
-500
-4.0
Moment (N-mm)

-6.0
-1000

Stress (Pa)
-8.0

-1500
-10.0

-12.0
-2000
-14.0

-2500 -16.0
Distance from left end of beam (mm) Di

Transverse Shear
0

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
-10

-20
nsverse Shear (N)

-30

-40
 0

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
-10

-20

Transverse Shear (N)

-30

-40

-50

-60

-70

Distance from left end of beam (mm)

 Slope
0.900

0.800

0.700
Slope (milli radians)

0.600

0.500

0.400

0.300

0.200

0.100

0.000
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
Distance from left end of beam (mm)

Stress
0.0
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
-2.0

-4.0

-6.0
Stress (Pa)

-8.0

-10.0

-12.0

-14.0

-16.0
Distance from left end of beam (mm)
Distance along beam, x Shear (N) Moment (N-mm) Stress (Pa) Slope (mrad)
0 0 0 0.0 0.786
1 -10 -10 -0.1 0.786
2 -10 -20 -0.1 0.786
3 -10 -30 -0.2 0.786
4 -10 -40 -0.3 0.785
5 -10 -50 -0.3 0.785
6 -10 -60 -0.4 0.784
7 -10 -70 -0.5 0.783
8 -10 -80 -0.5 0.783
9 -10 -90 -0.6 0.782
10 -10 -100 -0.7 0.781
11 -10 -110 -0.7 0.779
12 -10 -120 -0.8 0.778
13 -10 -130 -0.9 0.777
14 -10 -140 -0.9 0.775
15 -10 -150 -1.0 0.774
16 -10 -160 -1.1 0.772
17 -10 -170 -1.1 0.770
18 -10 -180 -1.2 0.768
19 -10 -190 -1.3 0.766
20 -10 -200 -1.3 0.764
21 -10 -210 -1.4 0.762
22 -10 -220 -1.5 0.759
23 -10 -230 -1.5 0.757
24 -10 -240 -1.6 0.754
25 -10 -250 -1.7 0.751
26 -10 -259 -1.7 0.749
27 -10 -269 -1.8 0.746
28 -10 -279 -1.9 0.743
29 -10 -289 -1.9 0.740
30 -10 -299 -2.0 0.736
31 -10 -309 -2.1 0.733
32 -10 -319 -2.1 0.729
33 -10 -329 -2.2 0.726
34 -10 -339 -2.3 0.722
35 -10 -349 -2.3 0.718
36 -10 -359 -2.4 0.714
37 -10 -369 -2.5 0.710
38 -10 -379 -2.5 0.706
39 -10 -389 -2.6 0.702
40 -10 -399 -2.7 0.697
41 -10 -409 -2.7 0.693
42 -10 -419 -2.8 0.688
43 -10 -429 -2.9 0.684
44 -10 -439 -2.9 0.679
45 -10 -449 -3.0 0.674
46 -10 -459 -3.1 0.669
47 -10 -469 -3.1 0.664
48 -10 -479 -3.2 0.658
49 -10 -489 -3.3 0.653
 50 -10 -499 -3.3 0.648
51 -11 -510 -3.4 0.642
52 -12 -521 -3.5 0.636
53 -13 -534 -3.6 0.630
54 -14 -547 -3.6 0.624
55 -15 -562 -3.7 0.618
56 -16 -577 -3.8 0.612
57 -17 -594 -4.0 0.605
58 -18 -611 -4.1 0.599
59 -19 -630 -4.2 0.592
60 -20 -649 -4.3 0.585
61 -21 -670 -4.5 0.577
62 -22 -691 -4.6 0.570
63 -23 -714 -4.8 0.562
64 -24 -737 -4.9 0.554
65 -25 -762 -5.1 0.546
66 -26 -787 -5.2 0.537
67 -27 -814 -5.4 0.528
68 -28 -841 -5.6 0.519
69 -29 -870 -5.8 0.509
70 -30 -899 -6.0 0.500
71 -31 -930 -6.2 0.490
72 -32 -961 -6.4 0.479
73 -33 -994 -6.6 0.468
74 -34 -1027 -6.8 0.457
75 -35 -1062 -7.1 0.445
76 -36 -1097 -7.3 0.433
77 -37 -1134 -7.6 0.421
78 -38 -1171 -7.8 0.408
79 -39 -1210 -8.1 0.395
80 -40 -1249 -8.3 0.381
81 -41 -1290 -8.6 0.367
82 -42 -1331 -8.9 0.353
83 -43 -1374 -9.2 0.338
84 -44 -1417 -9.4 0.322
85 -45 -1462 -9.7 0.306
86 -46 -1507 -10.0 0.290
87 -47 -1554 -10.4 0.273
88 -48 -1601 -10.7 0.255
89 -49 -1650 -11.0 0.237
90 -50 -1699 -11.3 0.218
91 -51 -1750 -11.7 0.199
92 -52 -1801 -12.0 0.180
93 -53 -1854 -12.4 0.159
94 -54 -1907 -12.7 0.138
95 -55 -1962 -13.1 0.117
96 -56 -2017 -13.4 0.095
97 -57 -2074 -13.8 0.072
98 -58 -2131 -14.2 0.049
99 -59 -2190 -14.6 0.025
100 -60 -2249 -15.0 0.000
Deflection (microns)
-57.2
-56.5
-55.7
-54.9
-54.1
-53.3
-52.5
-51.7
-51.0
-50.2
-49.4
-48.6
-47.8
-47.1
-46.3
-45.5
-44.7
-44.0
-43.2
-42.4
-41.7
-40.9
-40.1
-39.4
-38.6
-37.9
-37.1
-36.4
-35.6
-34.9
-34.2
-33.4
-32.7
-32.0
-31.2
-30.5
-29.8
-29.1
-28.4
-27.7
-27.0
-26.3
-25.6
-24.9
-24.2
-23.5
-22.9
-22.2
-21.5
-20.9
-20.2
-19.6
-19.0
-18.3
-17.7
-17.1
-16.5
-15.9
-15.2
-14.7
-14.1
-13.5
-12.9
-12.3
-11.8
-11.2
-10.7
-10.2
-9.6
-9.1
-8.6
-8.1
-7.6
-7.2
-6.7
-6.3
-5.8
-5.4
-5.0
-4.6
-4.2
-3.8
-3.4
-3.1
-2.8
-2.5
-2.2
-1.9
-1.6
-1.4
-1.1
-0.9
-0.7
-0.6
-0.4
-0.3
-0.2
-0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0