Examples

Every card below is a live, solved model. Click one to open it in EduBeam with the full setup ready to edit—then drag a node, change a load or tick a hinge and watch the diagrams follow.

Suggested exercises

• Indeterminate beam — untick Ry at the fixed end to make it simply supported. How much does the mid-span moment grow?
• Cantilever — compare the tip deflection with $FL^3/3EI$ (see Checking results by hand); then halve $I_y$ in the Cross sections tab.
• Pratt truss — remove one diagonal. Does the truss still stand? Which bars carry the most axial force?
• Three-span continuous beam — add a Dz support at the mid-span nodes; observe the hogging moments over supports.
• Portal frame — tick both end hinges on the beam to model a pinned beam-column connection, or make the right support pinned instead of a roller.
• Temperature load — restrain Dx at both supports and watch the axial force appear.

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