If you needed to reduce deflection in a loaded aluminum
rectangular box beam in your structural design, which of the
following variables would you INCREASE? Which would be
the MOST effective in reducing deflection?
L W w H h
For question 1 above, what material could you substitute for
aluminum in your design to decrease the deflection?
Why?
Which has the larger Area Moment of Inertia, a 2” x
2” square beam of high strength stainless steel or a 2” x 2” square
beam of...