Two carbon plates are bonded to the upper and lower surfaces of a wooden beam. The beam is simply supported and has a uniformly distributed load, applied to the upper surface. You are tasked with calculating the maximum deflection of the beam (at point C), δ.   The length of the beam L, is 900 mm; The width of the beam cross-section, b, is 20.5 mm; The distributed load  is 65 N/mm; The elastic modulus of wood Ew, is 23 Gpa. The elastic modulus of carbon plate Ec, is 102 Gpa.

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Two carbon plates are bonded to the upper and lower surfaces of a wooden beam. The beam is simply supported and has a uniformly distributed load, applied to the upper surface.

You are tasked with calculating the maximum deflection of the beam (at point C), δ.

 

The length of the beam L, is 900 mm;

The width of the beam cross-section, b, is 20.5 mm;

The distributed load  is 65 N/mm;

The elastic modulus of wood Ew, is 23 Gpa.

The elastic modulus of carbon plate Ec, is 102 Gpa.

A
L/2
W
L/2
B
k*
b/2
2b wood
**
b/2
kb
carbon
Transcribed Image Text:A L/2 W L/2 B k* b/2 2b wood ** b/2 kb carbon
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