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About the Cantilever Beams category	0	539	September 13, 2023
What are six ways to reduce cantilever beam deflection? general , apple , tesla Fun fact: This is one of the most common technical questions for mechanical engineers. You’ll often see variations of this question phrased in different ways (i.e. case studies, design trade-offs, etc.). Understanding fu…	3	32087	February 5, 2023
You have a stool with four legs, two are Aluminum, two are steel. All legs are identical in geometry (area/length). If you continiously heat up this stool, how will the load share change over as time goes on? spacex	4	3287	April 11, 2025
Given a wall-mounted cantilever beam and a point load at the free end, describe the shear force diagram and bending moment diagram htc , zoox , apple	3	14183	December 9, 2024
Name all the ways to to lighten a cantilevered I beam with a point load on the end, while minimizing weight and deflection	2	1651	October 30, 2024
You are designing a steel beam to minimize deflection for a given force and avoid permanent deformation. Which material property should be maximized? tesla	3	2623	October 26, 2024
Glued/Non-glued cantilever beam	1	890	September 9, 2024
A steel cantilevered I-beam is welded to a wall has some load applied at the end. Where would it fail? stoke	0	975	August 30, 2024
A beam is made from two cylinders, where the inner cylinder is steel and the outer cylinder is aluminum. Which cylinder will yield first if beam is a simply supported cantilever beam? general	1	1637	April 2, 2024
You have a concentrated load at the center of a beam with two point supports on either end. Describe the shear force and bending moment diagram general , zoox	2	2535	March 3, 2024
On which side of a wall-mounted cantilever beam induced with a point load will it fail? cisco , spacex	5	17042	February 27, 2024
You have a cantilever beam, to minimize deflection, you add a support elbow. Would you add this to the top or bottom? Why? general	1	7351	April 24, 2022
Two concentric tubes, where the inner tube is made of aluminum and outer tube is steel, are assembled vertically with a mass on top. Which tube will see more deflection?	4	2388	February 4, 2024
You have 5kg of Aluminum and 5kg of Steel. You can make whatever cross section beam you want with these materials. If you have to make a cantilever beam 1m long with a load at the end and you want to minimize the deflection. What material would you use? general , apple	8	7557	February 2, 2024
If there is a diving board, how would you half the deflection?	1	2051	July 31, 2021
If you have an 'I' cross section cantilever beam and you want to make it stiffer, do you increase the height or width? cover	3	13115	June 14, 2023
For a simply supported beam, which beam would have less deflection: a single stacked or double stacked beam?	3	2124	January 30, 2023
A flagpole is mounted to the ground and an eagle is sitting on top with wind causing the pole to sway back and forth. Describe ways to reduce the amount of motion in the flagpole general , aurishealth	1	8756	July 29, 2020
How far out do you expect a tape measurer to extend before it begins to fall? What type of failure mode does this encompass? spacex	2	3170	June 21, 2022
A steel tube and a brass rod are concentrically located. their ends are fixed on both sides using rigid plates. One of these plates is fixed to the wall, the other is free. Heat is applied to the system, explain the stresses that develop in the system apple , materials	2	4661	March 10, 2022
How do you change the cross-section of a beam to minimize deflection? apple , tesla , facebook , spacex	1	3528	March 6, 2022
You have a bench (image), where would you sit to maximize the reaction force on one end?	2	1553	August 12, 2021
If you have a cantilevered beam with one end fixed to a wall and the other end free, and there is a moment acting on the free end, where will the beam fail?	1	1900	July 31, 2021
Given a point-load at the end of a wall-mounted cantilever beam, what is the shear stress at the wall? amazon	4	3980	April 5, 2021

About the Cantilever Beams category

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539

September 13, 2023

What are six ways to reduce cantilever beam deflection?

general , apple , tesla

Fun fact: This is one of the most common technical questions for mechanical engineers. You’ll often see variations of this question phrased in different ways (i.e. case studies, design trade-offs, etc.). Understanding fu…

3

32087

February 5, 2023

You have a stool with four legs, two are Aluminum, two are steel. All legs are identical in geometry (area/length). If you continiously heat up this stool, how will the load share change over as time goes on?

spacex