This video is an introduction to shear force and bending moment diagrams. What are Shear Forces and Bending Moments? Shear forces and bending moments are resultants which are used to conveniently ...

The diagrams show two examples of balanced objects where there is no rotation. A ball at the bottom of a trough A balanced see-saw For a balanced object, the size of a force, or the perpendicular ...

A simple lever could be a solid beam laid across a pivot. As effort is applied to rotate one end about the pivot. The opposite end is also rotated about the pivot in the same direction. This has the ...