Beam Deflection.
Maximum deflection, slope, bending stress, and end reactions for the four most common loading cases. Enter your beam length, load, material, and cross-section.
Beam case
Case 1
Cantilever
Point load at free end
Point load at free end
Case 2
Cantilever
UDL (w · L)
UDL (w · L)
Case 3
Simply supported
Point load at centre
Point load at centre
Case 4
Simply supported
UDL (w · L)
UDL (w · L)
mm
N — applied force
mm — b (width) × h (height in bending plane)
MAX DEFLECTION (δ)
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mm
Max bending moment
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Max bending stress (σ)
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Max slope
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Reaction force
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Section Ix
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Section modulus Z
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