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Checking a Beam
adequate
adequate
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Designing a Beam
?
?
material
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span
spacing
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Height
Thickness
Load =
Surface area x
Wt per sq m,
or
volume x
wt per cu m
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Distributed
Load
Point Load
Reactions
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Bending
Shear
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C
T
Bending
Shear
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MR = -WL
L
R=W
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W
M = -Wx
Take section anywhere at distance, x from end
V=W
Shear V = W constant along length
(X = 0 -> L)
V=W
BM = WL
w /unit length
L
For maximum shear V and bending moment BM
Total Load W = w.L
MR = -WL/2
= -wL2/2
L/2
L/2
R = W = wL
vertical reaction,
and moment reaction
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R=W
= wL
MR = - WL/2 = - wL2/2
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wx
X/2 X/2
V = wx
Shear
when x = L
when x = 0
V = wx
V = W = wL
V=0
V = wL
=W
BM = wx2 /2
Bending Moment BM =
2/2
BM
=
wL
2
when x = L
BM = wL /2 = WL/2
= WL/2
when x = 0
BM = 0
(parabolic)
Bending Moment Diagram
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Negative shear
R.H up
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W1
R1
W3
W2
Diagram of loading
R2
W2
W3
R2
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Diagrams of loading
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Timber
may split
horizontally along
the grain
Concrete
needs
special shear reinforcement
(45o or stirrups)
Hogging
NEGATIVE
Sagging
POSITIVE
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+
Hogging bending moment is NEGATIVE
(sad)
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Cantilevers
+
Simple beam
+
Built-in beam
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+
This way mimics the
beams deflection
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Diagrams of loading
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UDL
Diagrams of loading
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Maximum value
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Simply supported
Continuous
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Total load = W
(w per metre length)
L
Total load = W
(w per metre length)
L
W W W
W /m
W /m
Beam
Cable
W
BMD
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W = wL
W = wL
V = +W/2
V = +W
Mmax = -WL
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V = +W
Mmax = -WL/2
= -wL2/2
V = -W/2
Mmax = WL/4
V = +W/2
V = -W/2
Mmax = WL/8
= wL2/8
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How much
tensile stress?
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next lecture
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