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where the step function
x 2
1
4
L
0
is equal to zero when the quantity
inside the brackets H I is negative, and equal to one otherwise. Inte-
grating three times, we obtained successively
M1x25
3P
4
x 2 PHx 2
1
4
LI
(9.44)
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
P
x 2
1
4
L
3
1 C
1
x 1 C
2
(9.47)
where the brackets H I should be replaced by zero when the quantity
inside is negative, and by ordinary parentheses otherwise. The con-
stants C
1
and C
2
were determined from the boundary conditions
shown in Fig. 9.78 [Example 9.06; Sample Probs. 9.4, 9.5, and 9.6].
The next section was devoted to the method of superposition, which
consists of determining separately, and then adding, the slope and
deflection caused by the various loads applied to a beam [Sec. 9.7].
This procedure was facilitated by the use of the table of Appendix D,
which gives the slopes and deflections of beams for various loadings
and types of support [Example 9.07, Sample Prob. 9.7].
The method of superposition can be used effectively with statically
indeterminate beams [Sec. 9.8]. In the case of the beam of Exam-
ple 9.08 (Fig. 9.79), which involves four unknown reactions and is
thus indeterminate to the first degree, the reaction at B was con-
sidered as redundant and the beam was released from that sup-
port. Treating the reaction R
B
as an unknown load and considering
separately the deflections caused at B by the given distributed load
and by R
B
, we wrote that the sum of these deflections was zero
(Fig. 9.80). The equation obtained was solved for R
B
[see also
Sample Prob. 9.8]. In the case of a beam indeterminate to the
second degree, i.e., with reactions at the supports involving five
unknowns, two reactions must be designated as redundant, and
the corresponding supports must be eliminated or modified accord-
ingly [Sample Prob. 9.9].
Review and Summary
B
y
x
x 0, y 0
[]
x L, y 0
[]
Fig. 9.78
Method of superposition
Statically indeterminate beams
by superposition
We next studied the determination of deflections and slopes of beams
using the moment-area method. In order to derive the moment-area
theorems [Sec. 9.9], we first drew a diagram representing the varia-
tion along the beam of the quantity MyEI obtained by dividing the
B
(y
B
)
R
R
B
w
w
B
AA
B
y
B
0
(y
B
)
w
R
B
(a)(b)(c)
Fig. 9.80
First moment-area theorem
B
L
w
Fig. 9.79
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