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*9.12 APPLICATION OF MOMENT-AREA THEOREMS
TO BEAMS WITH UNSYMMETRIC LOADINGS
We saw in Sec. 9.10 that, when a simply supported or overhanging
beam carries a symmetric load, the tangent at the center C of the
beam is horizontal and can be used as the reference tangent. When
a simply supported or overhanging beam carries an unsymmetric load,
it is generally not possible to determine by inspection the point of
the beam where the tangent is horizontal. Other means must then be
found for locating a reference tangent, i.e., a tangent of known slope
to be used in applying either of the two moment-area theorems.
It is usually most convenient to select the reference tangent at
one of the beam supports. Considering, for example, the tangent at
the support A of the simply supported beam AB (Fig. 9.55), we
determine its slope by computing the tangential deviation t
ByA
of the
support B with respect to A, and dividing t
ByA
by the distance L
between the supports. Recalling that the tangential deviation of a
point located above the tangent is positive, we write
u
A
52
B
y
A
L
(9.61)
Once the slope of the reference tangent has been found, the
slope u
D
of the beam at any point D (Fig. 9.56) can be determined
by using the first moment-area theorem to obtain u
DyA
, and then
writing
u
D
5 u
A
1 u
D
y
A
(9.62)
The tangential deviation t
DyA
of D with respect to the support
A can be obtained from the second moment-area theorem. We note
that t
DyA
is equal to the segment ED (Fig. 9.57) and represents the
vertical distance of D from the reference tangent. On the other
hand, the deflection y
D
of point D represents the vertical distance
of D from the horizontal line AB (Fig. 9.58). Since y
D
is equal in
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9.12 Application of Moment-Area Theorems
to Beams with Unsymmetric Loadings
P
Reference
tangent
w
B
A
B
L
(a)
(b)
A
t
B/A
Fig. 9.55
D
A
D/A
D
Reference
tangent
B
Fig. 9.56
t
D/A
D
E
B
Reference
tangent
Fig. 9.57
D
F
y
D
B
Fig. 9.58
magnitude to the segment FD, it can be expressed as the difference
between EF and ED (Fig. 9.59). Observing from the similar trian-
gles AFE and ABH that
EF
x
5
HB
L
or
EF 5
x
L
t
B
y
A
and recalling the sign conventions used for deflections and tangential
deviations, we write
y
D
5 ED 2 EF 5 t
D
y
A
2
x
L
t
B
y
A
(9.63)
t
B/A
D
E
H
x
L
F
B
Fig. 9.59
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