Beam_simply_supported.

xls
To determine deflection of a simply supported beam under superimposed loads
By Alex Slocum
By Alex Slocum, last modified 11/6/2006 by AS and Ray Mann
Enters numbers in

Beam Values
Length, L (mm) 200
Width, W (mm) 20
Height, H (mm) 10
Length increment, Linc (mm) 1
Modulus of elasticity, E (N/mm^2) 200028
Moment of inertia, I (mm^4) 1667
Distance farthest fiber to nuetral axis, cc (mm) 5
Loading
Point load, F (N) 0
Location of point load, af (mm) 50
Distributed load amplitude, wa, (N/mm) 0.5
Distributed load amplitude, wL, (N/mm) 0.5
Starting point of load, aw (mm) 0
Total distributed load (N) 100
Moment load, M (N-mm) 0
Location of moment load, am (mm) 25
Maximum deflection (microns) -31.246
Maximum slope (milli radians) -0.500
Maximum bending stress (N/mm^2) 7.500
Reactions at beam ends
RA, Ra (N) 50.00
RB, Rb (N) 50.00
MA, Ma (N) 0
Max bending stress due to MA (N/mm^2) 0
MB, Mb (N-mm) 0
Max bending stress due to MB (N/mm^2) 0
qA, ta (radians) -0.0005
qB, tb (radians) 0.0004999
 dA, da (microns) 0
dB, db (microns) 0

Equations

 w L  w a  x  aw
2
0
V  R A  F x  a f  w a x  aw 
2  L  aw 

 w L  w a  x  aw
2 3
w a x  aw 0
M  R Ax  F x  a f    M x  am
2 6  L  aw 
2
 w L  w a  x  aw
3 4
2 F x  af w a x  aw M x  am
q  q A  R Ax    
2 EI 2 EI 6 EI 24 EI  L  a w  EI
3
 w L  w a  x  aw
4 5
3 F x  af w a x  aw M x  am
d  q Ax  R A x    
6 EI 6 EI 24 EI 120 EI  L  a w  2 EI


F L  af   La  w w
2
L  2w a  M Fa f  L  aw   
RA   RB   wL  wa 
L 6L L L 2 


 Fa f L  a f   2L  a    L  a   2
 w L  wa 7L 
2

qA
6 EIL
f w

24 EIL 
w
 w a L 2  2a L  a 
w
2

15



Fa L 2  a f
2
   w  w   L  a 
2
8 L
2
 9 a w L  3a w 
1 
 
2 L a w
2
qB w a L  aw 
2

6 EIL 24 EIL  15

 Beam_simply_supported.xls
ction of a simply supported beam under superimposed loads
By Alex Slocum
locum, last modified 11/6/2006 by AS and Ray Mann
Enters numbers in BOLD, Results in RED
Schematic

Instructions
Enter total length of beam in mm
Enter width of beam in mm
Enter height of beam in mm
Enter length increment to be used in finite difference calculation
Enter elastic modulus in N/mm^2
=1/12*W*H^3
= H/2
See schematic for definitions of loads and positions
Enter amplitude of the point load, in N
Enter location of the point load, in mm
Enter amplitude of the distributed load near the cantilever end, in N/mm
Enter amplitude of the distributed load at the clamped end, in N/mm
Enter location where the distributed load starts, in mm
Resulted total distributed load
Enter amplitude of the applied moment, in N*mm
Enter location of the moment load, in mm
Return maximum deflection along the beam
Return maximum slope along the beam
Return maximum stress along the beam

Reaction force at A
Reaction force at B
Reaction moment at A

Reaction moment at B

Rotation at A
Rotation at B
 Deflection at A
Deflection at B

 w L  w a  x  aw
2

aw 
2  L  aw 

 w L  w a  x  aw
2 3
 aw 0
  M x  am
2 6  L  aw 

 w L  w a  x  aw
3 4
w a x  aw M x  am
  
6 EI 24 EI  L  a w  EI

 w L  w a  x  aw
4 5 2
w a x  aw M x  am
  
24 EI 120 EI  L  a w  2 EI

L  2w a  M Fa f  L  aw    L  aw   w L  2 w a    M
 RB   wL  wa  
L L 2  3L  L

 L  aw 
2
 w L  w a  7 L  6 a w L  3a w
2 2
    M  2 L 2
 6 a m L  3a m
2

 w a L 2  2a L  a 
24 EIL 
w w
2
 15
  6 EIL
 
 w L  w a   L  aw 
2
 8L 2
 9 a w L  3a w
2
   M  L 2
 3a m
2

L 
2
2
a
2
 aw 
15  6 EIL

m L  3a m
2

L
 Slope (milli radians)
Deflection (mcrons)
Deflection
0.0
0 50 100 150
0.000
0
-5.0
-0.100

-10.0
-0.200
-15.0

-0.300
-20.0

-0.400
-25.0

-30.0 -0.500

-35.0 Distance from left end of beam (mm) -0.600

Moment (N-mm)

Moment

Stress (N/mm^2)
3000 8.0

7.0
2500
6.0
2000
5.0

1500 4.0

3.0
1000
2.0
500
1.0

0 0.0
0 50 100 150 0
Distance from left end of beam (mm) Di
Transverse S hear (N)

Transverse Shear
60

50

40
Transverse S hear (N)
Transverse Shear
60

50

40

30

20

10

0 50 100 150
Distance from left end of beam (mm)
Slope (milli radians)

Slope
0.000
0 50 100 150

-0.100

-0.200

-0.300

-0.400

-0.500

-0.600 Distance from left end of beam (mm)

Stress
Stress (N/mm^2)

8.0

7.0

6.0

5.0

4.0

3.0

2.0

1.0

0.0
0 50 100 150
Distance from left end of beam (mm)
Distance along beam, x Shear (N) Moment (N-mm) Stress (N/mm^2)
0 50 0 0.0
1 50 50 0.1
2 49 99 0.3
3 49 148 0.4
4 48 196 0.6
5 48 244 0.7
6 47 291 0.9
7 47 338 1.0
8 46 384 1.2
9 46 430 1.3
10 45 475 1.4
11 45 520 1.6
12 44 564 1.7
13 44 608 1.8
14 43 651 2.0
15 43 694 2.1
16 42 736 2.2
17 42 778 2.3
18 41 819 2.5
19 41 860 2.6
20 40 900 2.7
21 40 940 2.8
22 39 979 2.9
23 39 1018 3.1
24 38 1056 3.2
25 38 1094 3.3
26 37 1131 3.4
27 37 1168 3.5
28 36 1204 3.6
29 36 1240 3.7
30 35 1275 3.8
31 35 1310 3.9
32 34 1344 4.0
33 34 1378 4.1
34 33 1411 4.2
35 33 1444 4.3
36 32 1476 4.4
37 32 1508 4.5
38 31 1539 4.6
39 31 1570 4.7
40 30 1600 4.8
41 30 1630 4.9
42 29 1659 5.0
43 29 1688 5.1
44 28 1716 5.1
45 28 1744 5.2
46 27 1771 5.3
47 27 1798 5.4
48 26 1824 5.5
49 26 1850 5.5
50 25 1875 5.6
51 25 1900 5.7
52 24 1924 5.8
53 24 1948 5.8
54 23 1971 5.9
55 23 1994 6.0
56 22 2016 6.0
57 22 2038 6.1
58 21 2059 6.2
59 21 2080 6.2
60 20 2100 6.3
61 20 2120 6.4
62 19 2139 6.4
63 19 2158 6.5
64 18 2176 6.5
65 18 2194 6.6
66 17 2211 6.6
67 17 2228 6.7
68 16 2244 6.7
69 16 2260 6.8
70 15 2275 6.8
71 15 2290 6.9
72 14 2304 6.9
73 14 2318 7.0
74 13 2331 7.0
75 13 2344 7.0
76 12 2356 7.1
77 12 2368 7.1
78 11 2379 7.1
79 11 2390 7.2
80 10 2400 7.2
81 10 2410 7.2
82 9 2419 7.3
83 9 2428 7.3
84 8 2436 7.3
85 8 2444 7.3
86 7 2451 7.4
87 7 2458 7.4
88 6 2464 7.4
89 6 2470 7.4
90 5 2475 7.4
91 5 2480 7.4
92 4 2484 7.5
93 4 2488 7.5
94 3 2491 7.5
95 3 2494 7.5
96 2 2496 7.5
97 2 2498 7.5
98 1 2499 7.5
 99 1 2500 7.5
100 0 2500 7.5
Slope (mrad) Deflection (microns)
-0.500 0.0
-0.500 -0.5
-0.500 -1.0
-0.499 -1.5
-0.499 -2.0
-0.498 -2.5
-0.497 -3.0
-0.496 -3.5
-0.495 -4.0
-0.494 -4.5
-0.493 -5.0
-0.491 -5.5
-0.490 -6.0
-0.488 -6.4
-0.486 -6.9
-0.484 -7.4
-0.482 -7.9
-0.479 -8.4
-0.477 -8.9
-0.475 -9.3
-0.472 -9.8
-0.469 -10.3
-0.466 -10.7
-0.463 -11.2
-0.460 -11.7
-0.457 -12.1
-0.454 -12.6
-0.450 -13.0
-0.447 -13.5
-0.443 -13.9
-0.439 -14.4
-0.435 -14.8
-0.431 -15.2
-0.427 -15.7
-0.423 -16.1
-0.419 -16.5
-0.414 -16.9
-0.410 -17.3
-0.405 -17.8
-0.401 -18.2
-0.396 -18.6
-0.391 -19.0
-0.386 -19.3
-0.381 -19.7
-0.376 -20.1
-0.371 -20.5
-0.366 -20.8
-0.360 -21.2
-0.355 -21.6
-0.349 -21.9
-0.344 -22.3
-0.338 -22.6
-0.332 -22.9
-0.326 -23.3
-0.321 -23.6
-0.315 -23.9
-0.309 -24.2
-0.303 -24.5
-0.296 -24.8
-0.290 -25.1
-0.284 -25.4
-0.278 -25.7
-0.271 -26.0
-0.265 -26.2
-0.258 -26.5
-0.252 -26.7
-0.245 -27.0
-0.238 -27.2
-0.232 -27.5
-0.225 -27.7
-0.218 -27.9
-0.211 -28.1
-0.204 -28.3
-0.198 -28.5
-0.191 -28.7
-0.184 -28.9
-0.177 -29.1
-0.169 -29.3
-0.162 -29.4
-0.155 -29.6
-0.148 -29.8
-0.141 -29.9
-0.134 -30.0
-0.126 -30.2
-0.119 -30.3
-0.112 -30.4
-0.104 -30.5
-0.097 -30.6
-0.090 -30.7
-0.082 -30.8
-0.075 -30.9
-0.067 -30.9
-0.060 -31.0
-0.052 -31.1
-0.045 -31.1
-0.037 -31.2
-0.030 -31.2
-0.022 -31.2
-0.015 -31.2
-0.007 -31.2
0.000 -31.2
Beam Values
Length, L (mm) 100
Width, W (mm) 25
Height, H (mm) 6
Length increment, Linc (mm) 1
Modulus of elasticity, E (N/mm^2) 200000
Moment of inertia, I (mm^4) 1667
Distance farthest fiber to nuetral axis, cc (mm) 5
Loading
Point load, F (N) 10
Location of point load, af (mm) 50
Distributed load amplitude, wa, (N/mm) 1
Distributed load amplitude, wL, (N/mm) 1
Starting point of load, aw (mm) 50
Total distributed load (N) 100
Moment load, M (N-mm) 10
Location of moment load, am (mm) 25
Finite Diffrence ProE Mechanica
Maximum deflection (microns) -9.643 -9.848