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This document summarizes a finite element analysis of cantilever beams conducted using Abaqus software. Two beam designs were analyzed: an all-steel beam and a composite beam with polystyrene in the center. For the all-steel beam, different mesh elements were compared to the analytical solution, showing improved accuracy with more nodes per element. The composite beam had half the stiffness of the all-steel beam but significantly reduced weight. An "inverse" composite with polystyrene layers sandwiching ste

Author
David Lam
Language
EN