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About the Cantilever Beams category	0	193	September 13, 2023
What are six ways to reduce cantilever beam deflection? general , apple , tesla Fun fact: This is one of the most common technical questions for mechanical engineers. You’ll often see variations of this question phrased in different ways (i.e. case studies, design trade-offs, etc.). Understanding fu…	3	23201	February 5, 2023
A beam is made from two cylinders, where the inner cylinder is steel and the outer cylinder is aluminum. Which cylinder will yield first if beam is a simply supported cantilever beam? general	1	804	April 2, 2024
You have a concentrated load at the center of a beam with two point supports on either end. Describe the shear force and bending moment diagram general , zoox	2	1431	March 3, 2024
On which side of a wall-mounted cantilever beam induced with a point load will it fail? cisco , spacex	5	12256	February 27, 2024
You have a cantilever beam, to minimize deflection, you add a support elbow. Would you add this to the top or bottom? Why? general	1	4211	April 24, 2022
Two concentric tubes, where the inner tube is made of aluminum and outer tube is steel, are assembled vertically with a mass on top. Which tube will see more deflection?	4	1402	February 4, 2024
You have 5kg of Aluminum and 5kg of Steel. You can make whatever cross section beam you want with these materials. If you have to make a cantilever beam 1m long with a load at the end and you want to minimize the deflection. What material would you use? general , apple	8	5351	February 2, 2024
You are designing a steel beam to minimize deflection for a given force and avoid permanent deformation. Which material property should be maximized? tesla	1	865	February 2, 2024
If there is a diving board, how would you half the deflection?	1	1516	July 31, 2021
You have a stool with four legs, two are Aluminum, two are steel. All legs are identical in geometry (area/length). If you continiously heat up this stool, how will the load share change over as time goes on? spacex	0	1861	September 28, 2020
Given a wall-mounted cantilever beam and a point load at the free end, describe the shear force diagram and bending moment diagram htc , zoox , apple	2	9522	June 20, 2023
If you have an 'I' cross section cantilever beam and you want to make it stiffer, do you increase the height or width? cover	3	8861	June 14, 2023
For a simply supported beam, which beam would have less deflection: a single stacked or double stacked beam?	3	1362	January 30, 2023
A flagpole is mounted to the ground and an eagle is sitting on top with wind causing the pole to sway back and forth. Describe ways to reduce the amount of motion in the flagpole general , aurishealth	1	5876	July 29, 2020
How far out do you expect a tape measurer to extend before it begins to fall? What type of failure mode does this encompass? spacex	2	2259	June 21, 2022
A steel tube and a brass rod are concentrically located. their ends are fixed on both sides using rigid plates. One of these plates is fixed to the wall, the other is free. Heat is applied to the system, explain the stresses that develop in the system apple , materials	2	3508	March 10, 2022
How do you change the cross-section of a beam to minimize deflection? apple , tesla , facebook , spacex	1	2151	March 6, 2022
Name all the ways to to lighten a cantilevered I beam with a point load on the end, while minimizing weight and deflection	1	1186	August 12, 2021
You have a bench (image), where would you sit to maximize the reaction force on one end?	2	1139	August 12, 2021
If you have a cantilevered beam with one end fixed to a wall and the other end free, and there is a moment acting on the free end, where will the beam fail?	1	1492	July 31, 2021
Given a point-load at the end of a wall-mounted cantilever beam, what is the shear stress at the wall? amazon	4	2894	April 5, 2021

About the Cantilever Beams category

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193

September 13, 2023

What are six ways to reduce cantilever beam deflection?

general , apple , tesla

Fun fact: This is one of the most common technical questions for mechanical engineers. You’ll often see variations of this question phrased in different ways (i.e. case studies, design trade-offs, etc.). Understanding fu…

3

23201

February 5, 2023

A beam is made from two cylinders, where the inner cylinder is steel and the outer cylinder is aluminum. Which cylinder will yield first if beam is a simply supported cantilever beam?

general