The integrations needed to determine beam deflections require the enforcement of the appropriate displacement and rotation boundary conditions (BCs). It is important that we be able to recognize these ...

Large deflection analysis of cantilever beams addresses the behaviour of slender structural elements when subjected to forces that induce displacements comparable to their own length. Under such ...

Closely controlling the mechanical behaviour and characterization of the deflection of a beam structure is a well-known and widely studied engineering problem. The progress in additive manufacturing ...