Quote (saber_x3 @ Nov 13 2014 05:19pm)
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)
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