APPENDIX

C
Simply Supported Beam Slopes and Deflections
Slopes and Deflections
of Beams

Beam Slope Deflection Elastic Curve

v
-Px
13L2 - 4x22
P
L L v =
- PL2 - PL3 48EI
2 2 umax = vmax =
16EI 48EI
umax vmax
0 … x … L>2

v P
- Pab1L + b2 - Pbx 2
u1 u2 u1 = v = 1L - b2 - x22
v`
6EIL -Pba 2 6EIL
x = 1L - b2 - a22
Pab1L + a2 x=a 6EIL
a b u2 = 0 … x … a
L 6EIL
v
- M0L - M0L2
L u1 = vmax =
-M0x 2
1L - x22
u1 u2 M0 6EI 2243EI v =
x M0L 6EIL
u2 = at x = 0.5774L
3EI
v
L
w
- wL3 - 5wL4 -wx 3
x umax = vmax = v = 1x - 2Lx2 + L32
24EI 384EI 24EI
umax vmax

v`
-5wL4 -wx
116x3 - 24Lx2 + 9L32
v
w -3wL3 = v =
u1 = x = L>2 768EI 384EI
u2 128EI
x
0 … x … L>2
3
7wL
L u1 wL4 - wL
18x3 - 24Lx2
L u2 =
384EI vmax = - 0.006563 v =
2 2 EI 384EI
+ 17L2x - L32
at x = 0.4598L L>2 … x 6 L

v w0 -7w0L3 w0L4
u1 = vmax = - 0.00652
360EI EI - w0x
v = 13x4 - 10L2x2 + 7L42
x w0L 3 360EIL
u2 = at x = 0.5193L
u1 u2 45EI
L

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Cantilevered Beam Slopes and Deflections

Beam Slope Deflection Elastic Curve
v
P
vmax
- PL2 - PL3 -Px2
x umax = vmax = v = 13L - x2
2EI 3EI 6EI
L umax

v
A L - xB
P - Px2 3
vmax v = 0 … x … L>2
6EI 2
- PL2 - 5PL3
x umax = vmax =
8EI 48EI
A 3x - 12 L B
L L - PL2
umax v = L>2 … x … L
2 2 24EI

v
w
vmax - wL3 - wL4 -wx2 2
x umax = vmax = v = 1x - 4Lx + 6L22
6EI 8EI 24EI
umax
L

v
umax
M0L M0L2 M0x2
x umax = vmax = v =
M0 vmax EI 2EI 2EI
L

A x - 2Lx + 32 L2 B
v -wx2 2
v =
w 24EI
vmax
x -wL3 - 7wL4 0 … x … L>2
umax = vmax =
48EI 384EI - wL3
L L umax v = 14x - L>22
2 2 192EI
L>2 … x … L

v
w0
vmax - w0L3 - w0L4 -w0x2
x umax = vmax = v = 110L3 - 10L2x + 5Lx2 - x32
24EI 30EI 120EIL
L umax

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