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Single Cantilever

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SINGLE CANTILEVER

➢A beam that is fixed at one end and free at the other end.

➢Dimensions: Length (l) > Breadth (b) > Thickness (t)

x=0 l x=l

Free end
Fixed end
b
Cantilever
t

Support

Base
Cantilever considered as a stack of filaments
(only five filaments shown, not to scale)
t/2

Top most layer/filament

Intermediate upper layer/filament

Neutral layer/filament (the central filament)

Intermediate lower layer/filament

Bottom most layer/filament


Cantilever under loaded condition

Reaction force, F2 = Mg
Horizontal cantilever

Bent cantilever

M kg

Applied force, F1 = Mg
Forces acting on a cantilever under loaded condition

Reaction force Compressive forces -> F3 & F4


F2 = Mg Elongative forces -> F31 & F41

F3

F4
Top most filament ELONGATES

Intermediate upper filament ELONGATES


F41
Neutral filament UNCHANGED

F31 Intermediate lower filament CONTRACTS

Bottom most filament CONTRACTS


Applied force
F1 = Mg
Forces acting on a cantilever under loaded condition
Reaction force
F2 = Mg
Fixed end
Free end
Top most filament F3
Bottom most F31 Bent cantilever
filament

Axis of torque Applied force


F1 = Mg

➢Torque (1) due to (F1 & F2) → clockwise rotation

➢Net torque (2) due to (F3 1 & F3), (F4 & F41) and so on → anti clockwise rotation

➢Torques act about an axis passing through the neutral layer and perpendicular
to the plane of the board

➢(1) & (2) cancel each other resulting in equilibrium condition in cantilever

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