Hi! I'm desperately trying to find something about deflection of a beam when it is under different kinds of load.
The only thing I seem to remember is that if the bean is suppored at the ends and there is a load density p(x) where x is the distance measured from one end towards the other, then the deflections is given by y(x) and there is a relation y''''(x)=p(x)/(E*I)
(fourth derivative) and E is a material constant and I is the moment of inertia.
Are there any good resources on the net? All libraries are unfortunately closed at this time in the night!