What I remember is that the current Beam object can't solve cantilever beam problems.
Jashan you can try to solve a cantilever beam problem using the current Beam object. You might get some room for improvement. Regards Sampad Kumar Saha Mathematics and Computing Department of Mathematics I.I.T. Kharagpur On Fri, Mar 2, 2018 at 2:36 AM, Jason Moore <[email protected]> wrote: > Jashan, > > > I have gone through the *continuum_mechanics* module. As far as i could > see, the module can solve only one basic type of beam problem(a simple > horizontal beam with different kind of forces/moment applied). > > I don't think it can solve all horizontal beams correctly. My suggestion > is to try to solve many different beams. If you can solve a beam, send it > as a pull request to add documentation for the module. If it can't solve a > beam then submit an issue about it. Try solving the examples and problem > sets from http://dl.iranidata.com/amuzeshi/Daneshgahi/Shigley% > 27s%20Mechanical%20Engineering%20Design,%209th% > 20Edition-McGraw-Hill%20(www.iranidata.com).pdf for example. > > Expanding to non-horizontal beams sounds neat, but it first needs to be > able to reliably solve existing problems. > > moorepants.info > +01 530-601-9791 > > On Thu, Mar 1, 2018 at 11:26 AM, Jashan <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Jason, >> >> I have gone through the *continuum_mechanics* module. As far as i could >> see, the module can solve only one basic type of beam problem(a simple >> horizontal beam with different kind of forces/moment applied). >> >> One new kind of problem would be a non-horizontal beam(in a 2D plane). >> But problem with its implementation is that we would have to change some >> input parameters, like while initializing a beam we would need something >> like *Beam(orientation, E, I) *where *orientation *can be any way to >> represent our beam length and its angle with the horizontal (we can use >> polar coordinates or a simple length vector) instead of just length. And >> also load will be expected to be vectors. Then we can proceed as usual by >> taking components of forces perpendicular to the beam. >> >> You think these changes in the API are worth making(considering it would >> open a whole new set of beam problems)? If yes, can I implement these >> changes and create a PR? >> >> Jashan >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "sympy" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/sympy. >> To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/ms >> gid/sympy/e2933e7c-ba0c-4ef3-b15f-700c68d4dbb6%40googlegroups.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sympy/e2933e7c-ba0c-4ef3-b15f-700c68d4dbb6%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "sympy" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/sympy. > To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/ > msgid/sympy/CAP7f1AgUgB%2BUNELSkPfzWug%3DGe9HE_ > tvVqSkQ_Nq%2B1L7DKqQ8w%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sympy/CAP7f1AgUgB%2BUNELSkPfzWug%3DGe9HE_tvVqSkQ_Nq%2B1L7DKqQ8w%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sympy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/sympy. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sympy/CANzav4HiWzHf0bPOivHfjwDCm6vTGPAVSz%2BdZXz5wp4SPrwjWw%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
