Purpose:

The purpose of this experiment is to study the bending of a static steel beam of a constant cross-section by applying different loads at the end of the beam at different angles. In addition it is also to study the deflection in the beam caused by moment of inertia. It is to determine how much the beam deflects with a constant and increasing load.
Discussion:
The beam deflects more into one direction than the other because the direction of deflection in a beam highly depends on the axis around which the beam is bending, but, in some cases that was not the cause because the reacting forces in the x and y directions were not equal due to changing moments of inertia. The theoretical and experimental values have some difference due to the sources of errors which could be misreading the value from the scale. Another possible human error while conducting this lab could be adjusting the angle to a correct position. An experimental error was also caused due to the vernier scale. The vernier scale was to be pushed towards the beam, but the beam may have been pushed a bit, so the results could be a little off due to that.

Conclusion:
In conclusion, after doing this experiment the deflection on a beam is also related to the angle. If the angle of the beam is not perpendicular to the beam it will have a different deflection then the deflection of the perpendicular angle. At different angles the same beam would deflect more or less. The experimental results showed that the moment of inertia causes the varying deflection.