STS5 - Experiment

Bending Stress in a Beam (Next Generation Structures)

Experiment for the study of stress distribution across the section of a beam. Mounts on the Structures platform and connects to the Structures automatic data acquisition unit and software.

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Bending Stress in a Beam (Next Generation Structures)

One of a range of experiment modules that fit to the Structures platform (STS1, available separately), this product helps students to understand the bending stresses at various positions of a beam section due to a load.Students add loads to an inverted T-section beam held on two supports. Strain gauges at different heights up the beam measure the strains due to the load. A load cell measures the force applied at the mid span of the beam.

Students apply the load and measure the resulting strains.They use textbook beam equations to predict the stresses and bending moments for any given load, comparing them to measured results. This helps confirm the reliability of the textbook equations and the accuracy of the experiment results.

This product includes a Vernier caliper for accurate measurement of the beam cross-section.

The strain gauges connect to a strain gauge amplifier, which connects (with the load cell) to the USB interface hub of the Structures platform for computer display and data acquisition.

Learning outcomes

• Stress and strain relationship

• Strain gauges as instruments

• Finding the neutral axis by experiment and calculation

• How the beam cross-section dimensions affect the second moment of area (I value) and neutral axis

Structures Platform (Next Generation Structures)

STS1 - Base Unit

A benchtop platform that holds the experiments of the Next Generation Structures range

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Structures Course Books

STSCB - Ancillary

Enhancing students’ learning and understanding of basic structural principles focusing on beams, bridges and cantilevers, these course books provide real life examples and theories and run through the experimental set-up, procedures, and analysis.

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Work Bench

WB1 - Ancillary

TecQuipment’s Sturdy Work Bench WB1 is suitable for use with most TecQuipment bench top products.

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Continuous and Indeterminate Beams (Next Generation Structures)

STS13 - Experiment

Experiment that can be used to perform a wide variety of beam experiments, from simple cases to complex problems. Mounts on the Structures test frame and connects to the Structures automatic data acquisition unit and software.

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Plastic Bending of Beams (Next Generation Structures)

STS15 - Experiment

Experiment for the study of plastic theory and limit state design of beams. Mounts on the Structures platform and connects to the Structures automatic data acquisition unit and software.

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Suspended Beam Bridge (Next Generation Structures)

STS21 - Experiment

Experiment for the study of the characteristics of a suspended beam bridge. Mounts on the Structures platform and connects to the Structures automatic data acquisition unit and software.

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Bending Moments in a Beam (Next Generation Structures)

STS2 - Experiment

Experiment that illustrates and proves the basic theory of bending moments in a beam. Mounts on the Structures platform and connects to the Structures automatic data acquisition unit and software.

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