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Now, let's see how the stress distributions vary along the beam for each theory.

First, let's see how the Elastic Theory compared to the ANSYS solution:

From what we can see from the able graphs, the Elastic Theory matched the ANSYS solution very well. The same can be said for the Winkler-Bach theory:

When we approximate the beam as a straight beam, the analytical solution deviates from the ANSYS solution.

Now that we have gone through a simulation for bending of a curved beam, it is time to see if you can do the same on your own!

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