File talk:TimoshenkoBeam.svg

This image is misleading. The "twist" of the normal section is less in the Timoshenko model than in the Euler–Bernoulli approximation; on this image it's greater. See : th < dw/dx

Also the deflection w is not the same in both models either. So this image is doubly misleading. Finally, the arrow representing graphically the torque M is drawn wrong, the tip is crooked.

The other image is better, and enough for this article. This one should be deleted altogether, it does more bad than good. Someone could also make a new one, but the other one is good enough.

For the record I'm MSc in mechanical engineering, although I don't have this stuff specially fresh and I haven't looked it up. You can embarrass me a great deal if I'm wrong. :o)

Please confirm if you have a reference handy. Otherwise I could take the time to find it myself.

XavierAP (talk) 22:38, 25 July 2013 (UTC)