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Defl ection of Beams
Let us consider again the beam and loading of Example 9.03
(Fig. 9.16) and draw the free-body diagram of that beam (Fig. 9.27).
Using the appropriate singularity function, as explained in Sec. 5.5,
to represent the contribution to the shear of the concentrated load
P, we write
V1x25
3
P
4
2 PHx 2
1
4
LI
0
Integrating in x and recalling from Sec. 5.5 that in the absence of
any concentrated couple, the expression obtained for the bending
moment will not contain any constant term, we have
M1x25
3
P
4
x 2 PHx 2
1
4
L
(9.44)
Substituting for M(x) from (9.44) into Eq. (9.4), we write
EI
d
2
y
d
2
5
3P
4
x 2 PHx 2
1
4
L
(9.45)
and, integrating in x,
EI u 5 EI
d
y
d
5
3
8
Px
2
2
1
2
PHx 2
1
4
LI
2
1 C
1
(9.46)
EI y 5
1
8
Px
3
2
1
6
PHx 2
1
4
LI
3
1 C
1
x 1 C
2
(9.47)†
The constants C
1
and C
2
can be determined from the boundary
con ditions shown in Fig. 9.28. Letting x 5 0, y 5 0 in Eq. (9.47),
we have
0 5 0 2
1
6
PH0 2
1
4
LI
3
1 0 1 C
2
which reduces to C
2
5 0, since any bracket containing a negative
quantity is equal to zero. Letting now x 5 L, y 5 0, and C
2
5 0 in
Eq. (9.47), we write
0 5
1
8
PL
3
2
1
6
PH
3
4
LI
3
1 C
1
L
Since the quantity between brackets is positive, the brackets can be
replaced by ordinary parentheses. Solving for C
1
, we have
C
1
52
7PL
2
128
We check that the expressions obtained for the constants C
1
and C
2
are the same that were found earlier in Sec. 9.3. But the
need for additional constants C
3
and C
4
has now been eliminated,
and we do not have to write equations expressing that the slope and
the deflection are continuous at point D.
P
B
D
A
3L/4
L/4
Fig. 9.16 (repeated)
†The continuity conditions for the slope and deflection at D are “built-in” in Eqs. (9.46)
and (9.47). Indeed, the difference between the expressions for the slope u
1
in AD and the
slope u
2
in DB is represented by the term 2
1
2
P
x 2
1
4
L
2
in Eq. (9.46), and this term is
equal to zero at D. Similarly, the difference between the expressions for the deflection y
1
in AD and the deflection y
2
in DB is represented by the term 2
1
6
P
x 2
1
4
L
3
in Eq. (9.47),
and this term is also equal to zero at D.
B
y
x
x 0, y 0
[]
x L, y 0
[]
Fig. 9.28 Boundary conditions for
beam of Fig. 9.16.
D
B
x
y
P
L/4
3L/4
3
4
P
1
4
P
Fig. 9.27 Free-body diagram for
beam of Fig. 9.16.
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