Question 4.9: Displacements of a Stepped Cantilevered Beam by the Moment-A...

Mechanical Design of Machine Components

Displacements of a Stepped Cantilevered Beam by the Moment-Area Method

A nonprismatic cantilevered beam with two different moments of inertia carries a concentrated load $P$ at its free end (Figure 4.14a). Find the slope at $B$ and deflection at $C$ .

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