I have varying local axis for my beams, and I am not sure how to tell if the beam is being bent downwards or upwards. I know about the right hand rule, but from the grapsh you see below, is there a way to tell if the beam is tension or compression at the top of the beam?
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Would you say there is tension or compression over the support? Notice the local axis vary from global ones
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Top fibers in tension, bottom fibers in compression
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