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The document contains 16 problems involving calculating shear force and bending moment diagrams for beams with various loading and support conditions. The beams described include simply supported beams, cantilever beams, and beams with uniformly distributed loads, point loads, and couples applied at different locations along the beam. The problems require drawing the shear force and bending moment diagrams and finding values such as maximum bending moment and points of contra flexure.

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Problems On Beams PDF

The document contains 16 problems involving calculating shear force and bending moment diagrams for beams with various loading and support conditions. The beams described include simply supported beams, cantilever beams, and beams with uniformly distributed loads, point loads, and couples applied at different locations along the beam. The problems require drawing the shear force and bending moment diagrams and finding values such as maximum bending moment and points of contra flexure.

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1.

A simple supported beam of length 8m rests


on supports 6m apart, the right hand end is
overhanging by 2 m. The beam carries a
uniformly distributed load of 1500 N/m over
the entire length. Draw the shear force and
bending moment diagrams and find the point
of contra flexure, if any?
2. A simply supported beam of length 8 m rests
on supports 6 m apart, the right hand end is
overhanging by 2 m. The beam carries a
uniformly distributed load of 1500N/m over
the entire length. Draw S.F. and B.M diagrams
and find the point of contra flexure, if any.
3. A simply supported beam of length 8 m rests
on supports 5 m apart, the right hand end is
overhanging by 2 m and the left hand end is
overhanging by 1m. The beam carries a
uniformly distributed load of 5 kN/m over the
entire length. It also carries two point loads of
4 kN and 6 kN at each end of the beam. The
load of 4 kN is at the extreme left of the beam.
Whereas the load of 6 kN is at the extreme
right of the beam. Draw S.F and B.M diagrams
for the beam and find the points of contra
flexure.
4. A simply supported beam of length 5 m,
carries a uniformly distributed load of 100 N/m
extending from the left end to a point 2 m
away. There is also a clockwise couple of 1500
N-m applied at the centre of the beam. Draw
the S.F and B.M diagrams for the beam and
find the maximum bending moment.
5. A cantilever 2 m long is loaded with a
uniformly distributed load of 2 kN/ m run over
a length of 1m from the free end. It also carries
a point load of 4 kN at a distance of 0.5 m
from the free end. Draw the Shear force
Diagrams and Bending Moment diagrams.
6. A simply supported beam is carrying a
uniformly distributed load of 3KN/m over a
length of 3.5 m from the right end. The length
of the beam is 6 m. draw the SF and BM
diagrams for the beam and also calculate the
maximum bending moment on the section.
7. A simply supported beam of length 8 m carries
a point load of loads 4KN, 10KN and 7KN at a
distance of 1.5m, 2.5m and 4m respectively
from the left end. Draw the SF and BM
diagrams for the beam.
8. A beam of 12m length is simply supported at
its ends. It carries a uniformly distributed load
of 20 kN/m run over the length of left half of
its span, together with a concentrated load of
20kN, 40kN, 20kN situated at 1.5, 2.5 and 5 m
respectively from left hand support. Draw SF
and BM diagram and indicate the salient
points.
9. A cantilever beam of length 2m carries an
uniformly distributed load of 3KN/m over a
length of 1.5m from its fixed end and a point
load 5 KN at its free end. Draw the shear force
and bending moment diagrams.
10. A simply supported beam 6 m long is
carrying a uniformly distributed load of 5 kN/
m over a length of 3 m from the right end.
Draw shear force and bending moment
diagrams for the beam and also calculate the
maximum bending moment on the beam.
11. A 23 m long cantilever beam is 14 m long.
The beam carries a load of 10 KN at 5 m from
the fixed end, and a distributed load the
intensity of which varies linearly from zero at
each end to 6 KN/m at free end. Draw the
shear force and bending moment diagrams.
Find the magnitude and position of maximum
bending moment.
12. A simply supported beam AB of span 10 m
carries a U.D.L. of 20 N per metre over 3
metres from L.H support and also over 4 m
from the R.H. supports. It has also two isolated
loads of 20 N and 60 N at 3 m and 8 m
respectively from the L.H. support. Draw the
B.M. and S.F. diagrams and calculate the B.M.
at significant points.
13. A horizontal beam 6 m long is freely
supported at its ends and carries a vertical load
of 1000 N at a distance of 4 m from L.H. end.
At a section 2 m from L.H. end, a clockwise
couple of 2000 N-m is applied, the axis of the
couple being horizontal and perpendicular to
the longitudinal axis of the beam. Draw S.F.
and B.M. diagrams indicating on them the
principal dimensions
14. A simple beam of span 6 meters carries a
distributed load which increases uniformly
from zero at the left hand support to a
maximum intensity of 4 kN per meter run at
the right hand support. Find the distance from
the left support of the section which has a
maximum B.M.
15. A cantilever PQRS, 7m long is fixed at P
such that PQ=QR=2m and RS=3m. It carries
loads of 5, 3 and 2kN at Q, R and S
respectively in addition to U.D.L. of 1kN/m
run between P and Q and 2kN/m run between
R and S. Draw SF and BM diagrams.
16. A simply supported beam of length 8 m
supports 5 m apart, the right hand end is
overhanging by 2 m and the left end is
overhanging by 1 m. The beam carries a
uniformly distributed load of 5 kN/m over the
entire length. It also carries two point loads of
4 kN and 6 kN at each end of the beam. The
load 4 kN is at the extreme left of the beams,
whereas rhe load of 6 kN is at the extreme
right of the beam. Draw SF and BM diagrams
for the beam and find the point of contra
flexure.

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