echnical Report: Bending Stress

Technical Report: Bending Stress 

Building off your beam experiment and discussion post from 3.2 – Discussion: Wing Design/Bending Stress, write a technical report outlining your experiment setup, test procedures and results. Follow the report format provided below. Include estimates of the maximum applied stress using the “bending stress equation” attached. You’ll need to make a number of simplifying assumptions in order to complete the calculations. That’s fine! Just be sure to include a list of those assumptions in your paper. Given your maximum stress calculations, estimate the maximum structural strain though Hooke’s Law. Report format: Introduction Body Experiment Setup and materials Boundary/end/support conditions and loading profile Findings (experimental and theoretical) Use bending stress equation (My/I) “y” and “I” are calculated based upon the dimensions of your beam’s cross-section; you’ll need to estimate the bending moment (“M”) applied to your beam. For the latter, explain your thought process. List assumptions made for the analysis Discuss the “reasonableness” of your answer (in terms of Factor of Safety). Maximum deflection (experimental measurement) Bending stress analysis Maximum strain estimate (Hooke’s Law) Relevance