When used in structural engineering, the term deflection refers to load-induced displacement, which typically affects beam designs. It can be an extremely complicated value to calculate when ...

The integrations needed to determine beam deflections require the enforcement of the appropriate displacement and rotation boundary conditions (BCs). It is important that we be able to recognize these ...

As the CMM programmer and operator for TMS Inc. job shop, Bruce Boucher must make certain the computer housings that his company makes for computer equipment manufacturers are accurate. "If they're ...