ME 101: Engineering Mechanics

A. Narayana Reddy

Department of Mechanical Engineering,

Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati,
Guwahati - 781039, India.

Beams and cables

Previous discussion
determining external forces acting on a structure
determining forces which hold together the various members of a
structure
Current discussion
Determining the internal forces (i.e., tension/compression, shear, and
bending) which hold together the various parts of a given member.
Beams and cables
Beams - usually long, straight, prismatic members designed to support
loads applied at various points along the member
Cables - flexible members capable of withstanding only tension,
designed to support concentrated or distributed loads
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Beams

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Internal forces in beams

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Example

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Example

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Example

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Example

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Example

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Beams with different type of loads

(c) Distributed load with discontinuity

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Statically determinate and indeterminate beams

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Distributed loads

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General distributed load

The reaction forces can be evaluated by replacing the distrubuted load

with the concentrated load R at centroid.

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Example-1

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Example-2

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Example-3

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Internal effects

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Internal effects

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Internal effects

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Sign convention

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Sign convention

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Shear force and bending moment diagrams

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Shear force and bending moment diagrams

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Example-1

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Example-1

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Example-1

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Example-2

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Example-2

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Example-2

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Example-2

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Example-2

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Relation between shear force and bending moment

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Relation between shear force and bending moment

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