Calculating wind loads on a cantilever beam (see notes about error in video)
Channel: DartmouthX - The Engineering of Structures Around Us
Date: 2016-04-23

In this example we'll model the Eiffel Tower as a cantilever beam when subjected to wind loads. How do the shear forces and bending moments vary along the height? Why is the shape of the Eiffel Tower an efficient shape?

Note: The Lightboard Video contains an error - Some of the numbers are off by an order of magnitude, i.e. missing a zero. Please use the handouts for the corrections.