Product Description

The apparatus consists of beam provided with various supports & loadings. The support bracket is cast and machined at the top. Different support conditions can be had by mounting suitable support fixture at the top of the support bracket. These fixtures can be conveniently connected to the beam as well as base frame. The beam is rectangular in section. An upward load arrangement is achieved by using a chord and a double pulley bracket. Application of known moment at any point on the beam is possible by moment application fixture. The whole arrangement is mounted over a sturdy frame. A dial gauge measures deflection at various lengths.

SPECIFICATIONS
1. Beam – Max. span 1 mtr, section 25 X 3 & 25 X 5 mm.
2. Support arrangement for simply supported, fixed, continuous & cantilever beam.
3. Upward and downward loading fixtures.
4. Moment application fixtures.
5. Weight set to load beam.
6. Dial gauges – 2 Nos to find out slope & deflection.
The apparatus is provided with antirust attractive powder coating.
A technical manual describing the apparatus & experiment accompanies the unit.

RANGE OF EXPERIMENTS
1) Verification of Maxwell’s reciprocal theorem.
2) To determine slope and deflection at any point on the span of the beam.
3) To understand the different deflected shapes of the beam.
4) Influence line for slope deflection at any point on the span of the beam.