Thermal bowing of pinned beam

Introduction

Figure E.9-1 A steel beam of 3.8m which is pinned at both ends has been heated to 100⁰C on the top face and to 250⁰C on the bottom face.

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Loading and boundary conditions

The pinned beam beam has section dimensions of 20 x 20mm. Please see the .tcl for nodal data and material properties.

Plot showing the deflections