The objectives for this week's experiment are:
- To compare experimental beam
deflections for a simple beam-loading situation with
the deflections predicted by theory (superposition
tables).
- To show that wood acts as a
linear-elastic material and that its modulus of
elasticity is about an order of magnitude lower than
that of aluminum or steel.
- To utilize the data from one of the tests to determine the modulus of elasticity for the member. One should calculate a value of E for two deflections on the member and then compare the results.
|
Photoelastic |
Photoelastic Cantilever Beams (view all at full size) |
|
|
|
|
