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Tutorial sheet N0 :2 (BENDING) of Strength of material II – MEG401. Department of
Mechanical Engineering.
Exercise 1: Given the beam below:
1. Identify the links present on the beam.
2. Put in place the general reference.
3. Determine the efforts transmitted by the links.
4. Determine the number of troncs required for the
study of this beam in strength of materials
5. Put in place the cutting plane and reference
associated to each cutting plane
6. Apply the equilibrium analysis on resulting free bodies to determine the internal shear
forces and bending couples in every tronc
7. Draw the shear and bending moments diagrams for the beam
Exercise 2: Given the beam on fig 1, embedded at point A subjected to a uniformly distributed
load 𝑞 of length L. verify if the system is isostatic, and for an isostatic system calculate the
reactions at the links. Apply the equilibrium analysis on resulting free bodies to determine the
internal shear forces and bending couples at every point along the beam.

Fig 1. Fig 2.
Exercise 3: Given the beam in fig 2, embedded at point A subjected to a uniformly distributed load
𝑞 of length L and a concentrated load 𝑃 𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑡 𝐵 . verify if the system is isostatic, and for
an isostatic system calculate the reactions at the links. Apply the equilibrium analysis on resulting
free bodies to determine the internal shear forces and bending couples at every point along the
beam. Compare the results with that of exercise 2
Exercise 4: A beam free at point 𝐶. The loading: a
uniformly distributed load 𝑞 along the length 𝐿. A
couple 𝑀 𝑎𝑡 𝐶 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑙 = 2𝑎; 𝑀 = 6𝑞𝑙. Verify if the
system is isostatic, if so, then calculate the reactions
at the links. Apply the equilibrium analysis on
resulting free bodies to determine the internal shear
forces and bending couples at every point along the
beam.
Exercise 5: A structure fig 3, made up of two hills, 𝐴𝐶 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐵𝐷 linked together by a horizontal
beam CD. consider the different types of joints at B and A. loading; a concentrated load 𝑜𝑛 𝐴𝐶: 𝑅 =
10𝑞 𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑡 𝑎 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 4𝑚 𝑜𝑓 𝐴, two distributed loads of equal intensity on CD and BD.
Verify if the system is isostatic, if so, then calculate the reactions at the links. Apply the equilibrium
analysis on resulting free bodies to determine the internal shear forces and bending couples at every
point along the structure.

Fig 3. Fig 4.

Exercise 6: A structure in fig 4, made up of two hills, 𝐴𝐶 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐵𝐷 linked together by two horizontal
beam CE and ED. consider the different types of joints at B and A. loading; a concentrated load
𝑜𝑛 𝐸𝐷: 𝑅 = 8𝑞𝑙 𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑡 𝑎 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 2𝑚 = 𝑙 𝑜𝑓 𝐸, a distributed load of equal intensity 𝑞1 =
2𝑞 on CE, a triangular load on BD of intensity 𝑞2 = 3𝑞. Verify if the system is isostatic, if so, then
calculate the reactions at the links. Apply the equilibrium analysis on resulting free bodies to
determine the internal shear forces and bending couples at every point along the structure.
Exercise 7: Given (𝑞, 𝐿 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑃 = 0.4𝑞𝐿. Determine the number of troncs required for the study of
the beam below, calculate the reactions at the links. Apply the equilibrium analysis on resulting
free bodies to determine the internal shear forces and bending couples at every point along the
structure. Draw the shear and the bending moment diagram.