Test No. VS16 Find the critical compression load at
which the cantilever beam buckles.
Definition
Figure 1.
Dimensions: L = 1000 mm, b = 20 mm, h = 20 mm
Where,
- b
- Breadth of the rectangular section.
- h
- Height of the rectangular section.
The material properties are:
- Properties
- Value
- Modulus of Elasticity
- 2.1e11 pa
- Poisson's Ratio
- 0.3
Results
The following table summarizes
the critical load.
| |
Reference KN* |
SimSolid KN |
| Critical Load |
6.90 |
6.904 |
*The reference result is calculated by:
Where,
-
- Elastic modulus.
-
- Area moment of inertia.
-
- Length of the beam.
-
- Effective length factor = 2 for cantilever beam.