Examines the deflection and forces on different types of beams for a wide range of supports and loads 

• Made for maximum flexibility and ease of use for extensive range of experiments 
• Simply supported and cantilever beam tests with up to four supports with any loading 
• Three load cells with digital indicators measure reaction forces or act as rigid sinking supports 
• Precision digital indicators for accurate deflection measurements 
• Weights and hangers supplied to apply point loads 
• Supplied with five different test beams 
• lx Cantilever Support - rigid pillar with clamping arrangement suitable for all test beams 
• Load measuring devices: 3x Electronic load cells, with digital readout of force (digital load meter) 
• 0 to 60N capacity with adjustable knife-edges o Locking pin for converting to rigid supports o Output to VDAS 
• 1 mm of movement = 10 N reaction force 
• Deflection measurement: 3x Digital indicators mounted on magnetic carriers 
• 0 to 25 mm range in 0.01 mm Increments, with output to VDAS 
• 4x Weight Hangers, fitted with cursors o Masses 
• 4x 2 N ,  4x 5 N ,  6x 10 N
• 3x Mild Steel - 1350mm long 
• l x 3.2 mm thick x 19 mm wide 
• l x 4.8 mm thick x 19 mm wide 
• l x 6.4 mm thick x 19 mm wide 
• l x Brass - 1350mm long o 6.4 mm thick x 19 mm wide 
• l x Aluminium - 1350 mm long ,  4.9 mm thick x 19 mm wide                 

Experiments 

• Verification of the bending equation 
• Determination of flexural rigidity and elastic modulus (Young's modulus) 
• Verification of static equilibrium 
• Deflection of beams on two simple supports with point loads 
• Reciprocal properties for loads and deflection 
• Simple and propped cantilevers with any loading 
• Continuous beams - statically indeterminate cases for simply supported beams and cantilevers on more than two supports with any loading (including measurement of unknown reactions) 
• Simply supported and cantilever beams with sinking supports