A flat-bed trailer is to be designed with a curvature such

Chapter 4, Problem 4.44

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A flat-bed trailer is to be designed with a curvature such that when loaded to capacity the trailer bed is flat. The load capacity is to be 3000 lbf/ft between the axles, which are 25 ft apart, and the second-area moment of the steel structure of the bed is I 5 485 in4 . Determine the equation for the curvature of the unloaded bed and the maximum height of the bed relative to the axles.

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