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Beam calculator horisontal reaction force

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mleJ22D3
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Beam calculator horisontal reaction force

Hi

I hope someone can explain this to me. I have put a fixed and a free support on a beam. Also I have put both vertical and horisontal forces on it.

My question is now:

Why is the reacting force in X for the free support not 0?

The fixed support should have a horisontal reaction force of 12 kN. 

The reaction forces in Y looks perfectly fine, so this puzzles me.. 

 

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alireza_farshad
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Can I have a photo of the design?

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mleJ22D3
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There's not much design. I have noticed earlier that Inventor came up with results that I thought was incorrect, so I just made up a very simple beam design with only one horisontal force.

mleJ22D3_0-1722242566174.png

This is how Inventor shows it, but F1 consists of 2 composants, vertical 10kN and horisontal 12 kN. The horisontal reaction at pnt1 should be 12 kN because pnt2 is free and therefore moving horisontally.

I teach Inventor and statics, so I thought of using the beam calculator, but if there is a bug here I have to continue using the old pen and paper, which is a lot easier for an old man like me, than it is for my students;-)

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