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I’m having troubles with 6.3. To start I broke up the forces into 4 cantilevered beams but then only managed to find one more equation to use. Was wondering if I can model a cantilevered beam as a pin joint with an applied moment at the pin? If so, should I use the pin joint deflection equations for the rest of the forces or should I continue to use the cantilevered beam equations?
I’m having troubles with 6.3. To start I broke up the forces into 4 cantilevered beams but then only managed to find one more equation to use. Was wondering if I can model a cantilevered beam as a pin joint with an applied moment at the pin? If so, should I use the pin joint deflection equations for the rest of the forces or should I continue to use the cantilevered beam equations?