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    bujaman
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    Carbon fiber tapered tower deflection

    My company manufactures carbon fiber tapered towers. I have been asked to figure out how to predict deflection and I am completely stumped. Any ideas?

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    Technical Fellow jboggs's Avatar
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    Honestly, your inquiry is very hard to believe. How does a company establish itself in the business of making carbon fiber tapered towers and NOT know how to predict deflection?

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    For tapered beams it is D2(E*I*D2y) = w(x).

    or

    Deflection y = (1/E)*integral[integral{[M(x)/I(x)]*dx}*dx], integrated from x = 0 to 0.5*L.

    Also, see the following document...

    deflection-tapered-pole.pdf

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    Kelly - you are amazing!

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    Quote Originally Posted by jboggs View Post
    Kelly - you are amazing!
    Just happen to have the info - thank you anyway!

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