किसी बीम के एक खंड पर बंकन आघूर्ण (bending moment) का मान स्थानीय अधिकतम (local maximum) या न्यूनतम होता है, जहाँ कर्तन बल (shear force) होता है:

When a bar of length l and uniform cross-section is rigidly fixed at the upper end and hangs freely, the total elongation produced in the bar due to its own weight is given by (where w = weight per unit volume and E = Modulus of Elasticity):

The hoop stress set up in a thin cylinder subjected to internal fluid pressure is: