... which tests are carried out and the equation is applied to in order to deduce the results. Having been instructed to carry out the above experiment my findings were noted and are used throughout the report. Equipment The equipment used in these experiments was as follows: * Tecquipment Universal Beam Rig * dead hanger weight(s) * weights: 100g, 200g, 500g and 1000g * Mercer Gauge * A steel beam Macaulay's Method When the loads on a beam do not conform to standard cases, the solution for slope and deflection must be found from first principles. Macaulay developed a method for making the integrations simpler. The basic equation governing the deflection of beams is EI d2y/dx2 = Mxx When a beam has a number of loads it is difficult to apply this theory because some loads may be within limits of x during the derivation but not during the solution at a particular point. Macaulay's Method makes it possible to ...

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