.. _use-case-cantilever-beam: The cantilever beam model ========================= We are interested in the vertical deviation of a diving board created by a child diver. We consider a child whose weight generates a force approximately equal to 300N (i.e. almost 30 kg). Because of the uncertainties in the weight of the person, we consider that the force is a random variable. The length of the diving board is between 2.5 m and 2.6 m. The Young modulus is uncertain and between 65 and 75 GPa, which corresponds to the fiberglass material, a material often used for diving boards. Uncertainties in the production of the material are taken into account in the Young modulus and the section modulus of the board. We consider a cantilever beam defined by its Young’s modulus :math:`E`, its length :math:`L` and its section modulus :math:`I`. One end of the cantilever beam is built in a wall and we apply a concentrated bending load :math:`F` at the other end of the beam, resulting in a deviation :math:`Y`. .. figure:: ../_static/beam.png :align: center :alt: beam geometry :width: 25% The beam geometry Inputs ------ * :math:`E` : Young modulus (Pa), Beta(:math:`\alpha = 0.9`, :math:`\beta = 3.5`, a = :math:`65.0 \times 10^9`, :math:`b = 75.0 \times 10^9`) * :math:`F` : Loading (N), Lognormal(:math:`\mu_F=300.0`, :math:`\sigma_F=30.0`, shift=0.0) * :math:`L` : Length of beam (m), Uniform(min=2.5, max= 2.6) * :math:`I` : Moment of inertia (:math:`m^4`), Beta(:math:`\alpha = 2.5`, :math:`\beta = 4.0`, :math:`a = 1.3 \times 10^{-7}`, :math:`b = 1.7 \times 10^{-7}`). In the previous table :math:`\mu_F=E(F)` and :math:`\sigma_F=\sqrt{V(F)}` are the mean and the standard deviation of :math:`F`. We assume that the random variables :math:`E`, :math:`F`, :math:`L` and :math:`I` are dependent and associated with a gaussian copula which correlation matrix is: .. math:: R = \begin{pmatrix} 1 & 0 & 0 & 0 \\ 0 & 1 & 0 & 0 \\ 0 & 0 & 1 & -0.2 \\ 0 & 0 & -0.2 & 1 \end{pmatrix} In other words, we consider that the variables :math:`L` and :math:`I` are negatively correlated: when the length :math:`L` increases, the moment of inertia :math:`I` decreases. Output ------ The vertical displacement at free end of the cantilever beam is: .. math:: Y = \dfrac{F\, L^3}{3 \, E \, I} A typical event of interest is when the beam deviation is too large which is a failure: .. math:: Y \ge 0.30 (m) API documentation ----------------- .. currentmodule:: openturns.usecases.cantilever_beam .. autoclass:: CantileverBeam :noindex: Examples based on this use case ------------------------------- .. minigallery:: openturns.usecases.cantilever_beam.CantileverBeam