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Strain As A Function of Deflection of a Hollow Cylinder

I should think that there would be a direct correlation of strain to deflection of a hollow thin-walled cylinder, but I've seen nothing as of yet. I must be missing something. For example, let's say I ...
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Deflection of Cantilever Beam with Midpoint Spring, Integration and Superposition Methods

How can I get the deflection required below using 1) the Integration and 2) Superposition methods (two ways)? The beam $AB$ is supported by a spring $CD$, which is fixed at $C$ with constant $k$, and ...
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Is strain energy the same as potential energy, or something differen?

Sorry for this stupid, basic question. But I got hung up on it. We know from Clapeyron's theorem that the strain(internal) energy of an elastically deformed body is equal to half the work $$ U=\...
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