Yashwantrao Bhonsale Polytechnic, Sawantwadi (2021-22) : Simply Supported Beam
Yashwantrao Bhonsale Polytechnic, Sawantwadi (2021-22) : Simply Supported Beam
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The simply supported beam is one of the most simple structures. It features only two
supports, one at each end. One is a pinned support and the other is a roller support. With this
configuration, the beam is inhibited from any vertical movement at both ends whereas it is
allowed to rotate freely. Due to the roller support it is also allowed to expand or contract
Removing any of the supports inserting an internal hinge, would render the simply
supported beam to a mechanism, that is body the moves without restriction in one or more
directions. Obviously this is unwanted for a load carrying structure. Therefore, the simply
supported beam offers no redundancy in terms of supports, and if a local failure occurs the
whole structure would collapse. These type of structures that offer no redundancy are called
critical or determinant structures. To the contrary, a structure that features more supports than
Finding the support reactions is only part of the static analysis of a structure.
Most of the time, it is very important to determine the forces and the moments
that occur inside the beam, as a result of the imposed loading. Typically, for a
plane structure that is loaded in its plane, the following internal actions may
occur:
▪ Axial force,N
▪ Transverse shear force, V
▪ Bending moment, M
To find these internal actions, at any particular point of the structure, a section
cut must be performed. In simple words the structure is cut into two parts, at the
specific point of interest. Then, by enforcing equilibrium equations on either of
the two parts, the internal actions can be determined. The procedure can be
summarized in the following steps:
1) structure in the desired point, where the internal actions are going
to be found. Select one of the two parts to work
2) Assign the internal actions to variables (i.e. N for axial force, V for
shear force and M for bending moment\) and place them to the
structure, at the point of the cut, with their positive directions.
3) Write the equilibrium equations, taking into account the internal
actions and any imposed loads and support reactions occurring in
the selected part.
4) Solve the system of equations
In the following f, a section cut is illustrated at a random point of a simply
supported beam. Let’s select the left part to work with. The unknown internal
actions, , and have been inserted at the cut, with their positive directions. For
the moment, accept the shown directions as correct ones. We will elaborate on
the convention for positive directions later.
Next we have to write the equilibrium equations for the left part. Apart from the
internal actions M, V , R are support RÀ and HA at point A. There is no
imposed load though, in the left part. The equilibrium equations, according to
our axes system (see figure), are the following:
2) Points forces and Point moments:-
Finding the shear force and the bending moment at the points where a
concentrated force or bending moment is imposed, requires some more
consideration. Specifically, at the location of a point load, the resulting shear
force is different, to the left and the right of the application point.
To illustrate this, let’s consider the following simply supported beam. We have
to determine the shear force, at the point where the imposed load is applied. So,
a section cut is performed, just to the left of the application point. We also select
the left part. The equilibrium of forces on axis y becomes:
We have not included the force F in the equilibrium because the cut was made
to the left of the application point, thus, leaving F to the right part of the cut.
Now let’s make the cut a little bit to the right of the force F. We select again, the
left part, but this time the force is included. The equilibrium becomes:
3) Conclusion:-
• We have learned a great deal about how the bending of a beam depends
on the beam's load, material properties, cross section, and manner of
support.
• Engineers use the static beam equation and the ideas that we have
explored as a basis for understanding the static deformations of more
complicated structures.
• As you have seen, integration plays a key role in an engineer's ability to
analyze these structures.
• What we have not yet addressed, however, is an important
mathematical feature of the static beam equation that helps engineers
to approximate real loads by examining combinations of the idealized
loads that we have been studying. The important observation is that the
static beam equation is a linear differential equation .
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