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Lesson: Shear and Moment

Lesson: Shear and Moment

In this lesson we will explore di erent types of beams. How can beams be supported?
When are their enough support forces? Is it possible to have too many support forces?

The Practice Problems after the video will not count toward your grade but we hope they will
help you learn.

Lesson: Shear and Moment (Video 3:37)

And so for all three, if we're
designing them
we'll have to gure out the
forces and the moments or
the reactions
and then we'll look
internally and gure out

maximum forces and

moments
and that'll allow us to
actually design the beam.

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Practice Problem M1
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Which of the beams shown below is over-restrained (too many supports)?

C

Explanation

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Beam C is over-restrained. Three support forces are required to fully restrict the motion
of a beam. Beams a, b, and d each have three support forces but beam c has four support
forces.

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Practice Problem M2
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Which of the images below represents the above shear diagram for a simply-supported
beam with a point load at the center?

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Explanation
Image A represents the shear diagram for a simply-supported beam with a point load at
the center. Image B represents the shear diagram for a simply supported beam with a
distributed load across the beam. Image C represents an unloaded beam with reaction at
the supports. Image D represents the moment diagram for a simply-supported beam with
a point load at the center.

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Practice Problem M3
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Which of the images shown below represents the moment diagram for a cantilever beam
with a point load at the end?

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C

Explanation
Image C represents the moment diagram for a cantilever beam. For a cantilever beam
with the load applied at the end the moment is greatest at the xed support and
decreases linearly to the point load.

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Practice Problem M4
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Where will the bending moment be greatest in a propped beam with a point load at the
end?

Point A

Point B

Point C

Point D

Explanation
The bending moment will be greatest at Point C, at the roller support. The moment will
steadily increase from the point where the load is applied to the support at C.

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Practice Problem M5
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Where will the shear force be greatest for a cantilever beam that supports a distributed
load?

Point A

Point B

Point C

Point D

Explanation
The shear force will be greatest at the support of a cantilever beam that supports a
distributed load.

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