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Q. A prismatic, straight, elastic, cantilever beam is subjected to a linearly distributed transverse load as shown below. If the beam length is L, Youngโs modulus E, and area moment of inertia I, the magnitude of the maximum deflection is
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Ans:
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Sol:
By using moment area IInd theorem
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