Civil Engineering Lab

Parameters

Load: 1000 N

Beam length: 6 m

Soil φ: 30°

Rain intensity: 50 mm/hr

Civil Engineering — Beam Stress Analysis

Civil engineering structural analysis begins with understanding how beams carry loads through bending and shear. This simulator draws bending moment diagrams and shear force diagrams for beams under point loads, uniform loads, and moments. By changing span length, cross-section, and load positions you can build intuition for structural behavior before detailed design.

What you can do in this simulation

Place point loads and distributed loads at arbitrary positions along the beam
Switch between simply supported, cantilever, and fixed-fixed boundary conditions
Generate bending moment and shear force diagrams automatically
Input cross-section dimensions to compute maximum bending stress
Identify critical sections where stress exceeds a specified allowable limit

Concepts covered

bending moment · shear force · deflection · neutral axis · section modulus · beam theory

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