ENGINEERING MECHANICS:

NORMAL DISTRIBUTED LOADS

CVE 201 / ME 202: STATICS OF RIGID BODIES

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CVE 201 / ME 202: STATICS OF RIGID BODIES
SELF WEIGHT
WIND LOAD
HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE
NORMAL FORCE
IT IS A FORCE ACTING PERPENDICULAR TO THE AREA. 𝒘
𝑷

NORMAL DISTRIBUTED LOAD y

DISTRIBUTED LOADS THAT ARE DIRECTED
NORMAL TO THE SURFACE ON WHICH
THEY ACT, SUCH AS PRESSURE.
x
SURFACE LOADS
THE DETERMINATION OF THE RESULTANT FORCE
OF A NORMAL LOADING DISTRIBUTED OVER A 𝒑(𝒙, 𝒚)
PLANE AREA MAY THUS BE SUMMARIZED AS
FOLLOWS:
THE MAGNITUDE OF THE RESULTANT FORCE IS 𝑑𝑉
EQUAL TO THE VOLUME OF THE REGION
BETWEEN THE LOAD AREA AND THE LOAD y
SURFACE.
THE LINE OF ACTION OF THE RESULTANT FORCE
PASSES THROUGH THE CENTROID OF THE
VOLUME BOUNDED BY THE LOAD AREA AND THE
LOAD SURFACE. x 𝑅= 𝑝𝑑𝐴
LINE LOADS
WHENEVER THE WIDTH OF THE LOADING AREA IS
NEGLIGIBLE COMPARED WITH ITS LENGTH, A
DISTRIBUTED LOAD CAN BE REPRESENTED AS A
LINE LOAD. 𝒘

LINE LOADS ARE CHARACTERIZED BY THE LOAD

INTENSITY W, A FUNCTION OF THE DISTANCE y
MEASURED ALONG THE LINE OF DISTRIBUTION.
THE PLOT OF W IS CALLED THE LOAD DIAGRAM.
THE UNITS OF W ARE n/m, lb/ft, AND SO ON. IN
THIS ARTICLE, WE CONSIDER ONLY STRAIGHT-LINE
LOADS. x
LINE LOADS
THE DETERMINATION OF THE RESULTANT FORCE
OF A NORMAL LOADING DISTRIBUTED OVER A
LINE MAY THUS BE SUMMARIZED AS FOLLOWS: 𝒘

THE MAGNITUDE OF THE RESULTANT FORCE 𝑑𝐴

IS EQUAL TO THE AREA UNDER THE LOAD y
DIAGRAM.
THE LINE OF ACTION OF THE RESULTANT
FORCE PASSES THROUGH THE CENTROID OF
THE AREA UNDER THE LOAD DIAGRAM. x 𝑅= 𝑤𝑑𝑥
SOME COMMON GEOMETRIC SHAPES
 𝑦 = 𝑚𝑥 2 + 𝑏𝑥 + 𝑐
𝑦 = 𝑥0 + 𝑐 0° 1
𝐴 = 𝑏ℎ 𝐴 = 𝑏ℎ
3
𝒃 𝒃
𝒙= ℎ 𝒙= ℎ
𝟐 𝒙 𝟒 2°
𝒉 𝟑𝒉
𝒚= 𝒚 𝒚=
𝟐 𝟏𝟎 𝒙
𝒚

𝑏 𝑏
𝑦= 𝑚𝑥 1 +𝑐 𝑦= 𝑚𝑥 𝑛 + ⋯+ 𝑐
1 1
𝐴 = 𝑏ℎ 𝐴= 𝑏ℎ
2 𝑛+1
𝒃 1° 𝒃
𝒙= ℎ 𝒙=
𝟑 𝒏+𝟐 𝑛°
𝒉 𝒏+𝟏 𝒉
𝒚= 𝒙 𝒚= 𝒙
𝟑 𝒚 𝟒𝒏 + 𝟐 𝒚

𝑏
PROBLEM 01
DETERMINE THE RESULTANT
OF THE LINE LOAD ACTING
ON THE BEAM SHOWN IN
THE FIGURE AT THE RIGHT.
ALSO DETERMINE ITS
LOCATION.
 PROBLEM 01
𝐹2
FOR THE F1: 15𝑘𝑁/𝑚
1
𝐹1 = 15𝑘𝑁/𝑚 4𝑚 = 30𝑘𝑁 𝐹1
2 𝐹3
2𝑚
FOR THE F2:
10𝑘𝑁/𝑚
1 4
𝐹2 = 5𝑘𝑁/𝑚 6𝑚 = 15𝑘𝑁 𝑚
2 3 3𝑚

FOR THE F3:

𝐹3 = 10𝑘𝑁/𝑚 6𝑚 = 60𝑘𝑁

FOR THE RESULTANT:

𝑅 = 30𝑘𝑁 + 15𝑘𝑁 + 60𝑘𝑁 6𝑚
4𝑚
𝑅 = 105𝑘𝑁
 7𝑚

6𝑚
8
𝑚
3

15𝑘𝑁
USING VARIGNON’S THEOREM: 15𝑘𝑁/𝑚

𝑅𝑥 = 𝐹𝑑 30𝑘𝑁
2𝑚
8 𝟏𝟎𝟓𝒌𝑵 60𝑘𝑁
105𝑘𝑁 𝑥 = 30𝑘𝑁 𝑚 + 15𝑘𝑁 6𝑚 + 60𝑘𝑁 7𝑚 10𝑘𝑁/𝑚
3
4
𝑚 3𝑚
𝑥 = 5.6190𝑚 3

4𝑚 6𝑚
ENGINEERING MECHANICS:
NORMAL DISTRIBUTED LOADS
CVE 201 / ME 202: STATICS OF RIGID BODIES

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CVE 201 / ME 202: STATICS OF RIGID BODIES