AREA OMENT METHOD M

Initial ideas were developed by Otto Mohr and later stated formally by Charles E. Greene in 1873. Provides a semi-graphical technique for determining the slope of the elastic curve and its deflection due to bending. Particularly advantageous when used to solve problems involving beams, especially those subjected to a series of concentrated loadings or having segments with different moment of inertia.

M EI but : ds = d = 1 =

ds

M d d = = EI ds dx M d = dx EI B 1 xB AB = d = Mdx A EI xA 1 (area ) AB AB = EI

THEOREM I : The change in slope between tangents drawn to the elastic curve 1 at any two points A and B equal to the product of multiplied by the area of the EI moment diagram between these two points.

dt = xd t B / A = dt = xd but : d = tB / A = tB / A M dx EI

1 xB x( Mdx) EI xA _ 1 (area ) BA xB = EI

THEOREM II : The deviation of any point B relative to a tangent drawn to the elastic curve at any other point A, in a direction perpendicular to the original 1 position of the beam, is equal to the product of multiplied by the moment of EI area about B of that part of the moment diagram between points A and B.

SIGN CONVENTIONS

MOMENT DIAGRAM BY PARTS

Basic Principles : 1. The resultant bending moment at any section caused by any load system is the algebraic sum of the bending moments at that section caused by each load acting separately. M = ( M )L = ( M )R
where : ( M ) L = sum of all moments caused by all the forces to the left of the section

( M ) R = sum of all moments caused by all the forces to the right of the section
y = kx n

2. The moment effect of any single specified loading is always some variation of the general equation

area = x=
_

1 bh n +1

1 b n+2

SOME APPLICATIONS
Cantilever Beams

Simple Beams

Midspan Deflection