Hogging and sagging
Shapes a beam deforms into when loads are applied / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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In solid mechanics, structural engineering, and shipbuilding, hogging and sagging describe the shape that a beam or similar long object will deform into when loading is applied. Hogging describes a beam that curves upwards in the middle, and sagging describes a beam that curves downwards.