This product helps students to understand how loads affect the horizontal reaction forces in a two-pinned arch. This product includes additional masses so students may apply a uniformly distributed load (UDL) across the span of the arch for comparison of results with a single point load.

Learning Outcomes

• Horizontal reactions due to a uniformly distributed load on a statically indeterminate structure
• Influence lines and superposition
• Lines of thrust in an arch
• Graphical construction of a bending moment diagram for point loads
• Maximum bending moments due to a load on an arch

Features

• A simplified version of a realistic structure to give students an understanding of real-life structures
• Includes multiple loads for many combinations of loads including uniformly distributed loads (UDLs)
• Supplied with a storage tray to keep smaller items safe
• Direct reading of horizontal reaction for quick and simple experiments