8. At what distance a should the bearing supports at A and B be placed so that the deflection at the enter of the shaft is equal to the deflection at its ends? Use MAM.

8. At what distance a should the bearing supports at A and B be placed so that the deflection at the enter of the shaft is equal to the deflection at its ends? Use MAM. The bearings exert only on the hafts. The flexural rigidity is constant. 9. For this beam example, let's say we are interested in finding the deflections at every key point of the beam (A, C, and E) using the conjugate beam method. 10. Determine the equations of the elastic curve using the coordinates x1 and x3 and specify the slope and deflection at point B. El is constant.