On the Relation between Strength and Stiffness of Cable Tray

Table 1

Comparison of mechanical models for three kinds of beams with uniformly distributed loads.

Support form	Diagram of the beam	Cβ	Β	Maximum bending moment	Midpoint deflection
Simply supported		9.6	1
Single-clamped		24	2.5
Clamped-clamped		32	3.33