{"id":282573,"date":"2023-05-05T13:44:04","date_gmt":"2023-05-05T13:44:04","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/topic\/distributed-loads\/"},"modified":"2023-05-08T19:46:29","modified_gmt":"2023-05-08T19:46:29","slug":"distributed-loads","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/distributed-loads\/","title":{"rendered":"Distributed loads"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi,<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m working through the lecture unit &#8220;Structural Analysis of Beams with Ansys Discovery&#8221; and am setting up the exercise analyzing a cantilever beam with circular cross section as shown in slide 27.<\/p>\n<p>The beam has a distributed load of 20 kN total force on a beam 1 m long. Hence 20 kN\/m distributed load as shown in the figure.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/05-05-2023-1683294143-Screen Shot 2023-05-05 at 9.35.28 AM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"864\" height=\"336\"><\/p>\n<p>What if I now change the beam length from 1m to 1.5m? Is the distributed load still 20 kN\/m, or is it now 20 kN\/1.5m = 13.33 kN\/m?<\/p>\n<p>Thanks!&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-282573","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry","topic-tag-engs146"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_subscription":["73687","32680","284691"],"_bbp_author_ip":["23.220.96.180"]," _bbp_last_reply_id":["0"]," _bbp_likes_count":["0"],"_btv_view_count":["6425"],"_bbp_status":["publish"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"],"_bbp_topic_id":["282573"],"_bbp_forum_id":["27789"],"_bbp_engagement":["32680","73687","284691"],"_bbp_voice_count":["3"],"_bbp_reply_count":["4"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["283561"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["283561"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2023-05-12 06:36:20"]},"test":"eric-s-bishdartmouth-edu"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/282573","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/topic"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/282573\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=282573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}