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As we saw in the previous video, the maximum deformation is 0.0178". From this, we can calculate the normalized maximum deformation which, if you recall, is defined as follows:

The normalized maximum deformation comes out to be 0.0066. This value needs to be compared with the value predicted by Euler-Bernoulli beam theory.result is compared with various alternative analysis methods in 2D, 1D, and 3D in the following figure. This is figure 4.12 in Lying by Approximation: The Truth About Finite Element Analysis by Prantil, Papadopoulos and Gessler. The alternative analysis methods are described in the book.

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