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purpledawn
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Message 15 of 137 (665754)
06-16-2012 9:42 PM
Reply to: Message 1 by Taz
06-16-2012 5:48 PM


Not The Center
Assuming whatever the beam is sitting on is stable and won't move, I would say it will fail at B and C. There's no stress on the middle. The stress is going to be from the pressure points to the ends.
Two kids bouncing on a board. Fun till it breaks.

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