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      <div class="title_topic2" id="xps10_pagetitle">Cantilever Beam with a Distributed Load and a Concentrated Moment</div>
      <hr noshade="true"><a name="gsfem_10031"></a><p class="para_topic">This problem uses the same beam as the problem from the previous chapter (i.e., the GRIDs, CBAR elements, and element properties are identical).  The loads and constraints have been changed.</p>
      <div class="title_division">Problem Statement</div><a name="gsfem_10038"></a><p class="para_division">Find the free end deflection of a rectangular cantilever beam subject to a uniform distributed load and a concentrated moment at the free end.  The beam&rsquo;s geometry, properties, and loading are shown in Figure <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('get_start/03topic_2.html#gsfem_10124');return(false);">2-</a>.
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      <div class="title_figure">Figure. Beam Geometry, Properties, and Loads</div><a class="endOfDocLinks" href="03topic_3.html">The Finite Element Model</a><br><a class="endOfDocLinks" href="03topic_4.html">NX Nastran Results</a><br></body>
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