CALCULATORS / MECHANICAL

Beams, plates and structural screening

Linear elastic idealizations and stated boundary conditions.

section stiffness, span, supports, load pattern → maximum deflection, slope, bending stress

length, section, end or distributed load, modulus → tip deflection, root stress

span, section, load locations, modulus → deflection, bending moments

span, loads, stress and deflection limits → feasible section dimensions, mass

length, end conditions, section, modulus → critical load, slenderness

plate size, thickness, supports, pressure, modulus → deflection and stress estimate

pressure difference, diameter, thickness → hoop and axial membrane stress

inner and outer radii, pressures, material → radial and hoop stress profiles

nodes, members, supports, loads → member forces, reactions, mechanism detection

member geometry, stiffness, joints, loads → displacements, reactions, bending moments

panel geometry, material, thickness range → stiffness and mass tradeoff

component stiffnesses, load path, applied load → combined deflection, dominant compliance