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Beam Bending Stress Distribution and Deflection

The stress profile of an I-section (compression at the top, tension at the bottom, σ = −My/I) and the exaggerated deflection of a simply supported beam, with Mmax = wL²/8 and δmax = 5wL⁴/384EI.

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