The figure shows the deflections suffered by the rigid bar A C B. Joints A and C are separated by 0.7 meters and joints C and B are separated by 0.3 meters. The deflection at joint A is v subscript A which equals 2.40 millimeters. The deflection at joint C is v subscript C. The deflection at joint B is v subscript B which equals 3.60 millimeters. The captions below are: v subscript A which equals delta subscript 1 and v subscript B which equals delta subscript 2.

vA=δ1vB=δ2

Joint A on the rigid bar is connected to the lower end of rod (1) and joint B is similarly connected to rod (2). Consequently, the rigid bar deflection at joint A equals the deformation of rod (1), and the rigid bar deflection at B equals the deformation of rod (2).