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Nov 12 2014 11:34pm
Quote (FamilyGuyViewer @ Nov 12 2014 10:47pm)
no. just saying its gonna turn out to be a ugly lookin integral. cubic polynomial * cub polynomial


Well if you need a value, most/all scientific calculators will do definite integration. If you need the symbolics you're in the deep end.

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Nov 13 2014 04:19pm
So first of all, not Castigliano's

secondly, I doubt you have to find the definite integral if there is any complex loadings
It's expected for you to break up the moments , calculate their areas and centroids
use centroids to find height at virtual moment
virtual load * deflection = sum (Area *h)/(Ei)
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Nov 14 2014 08:35pm
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So first of all, not Castigliano's

secondly, I doubt you have to find the definite integral if there is any complex loadings
It's expected for you to break up the moments , calculate their areas and centroids
use centroids to find height at virtual moment
virtual load * deflection = sum (Area *h)/(Ei)


yea thats what im doin right now, my prof called it visual integration.

what if the moment is a cubic, and i gotta locate the centroid and area of it
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Nov 14 2014 08:40pm
Quote (FamilyGuyViewer @ Nov 14 2014 09:35pm)
yea thats what  im doin right now, my prof called it visual integration.

what if the moment is a cubic, and i gotta locate the centroid and area of it


or should I just break it up, and solve it using the cantilever method
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