E.T.S.

de Ingenieros de Caminos Canales y Puertos de Barcelona

STRUCTURES
Civil Engineering/Public Works
E 2.a Effort diagrams
Compute and sketch the effort diagrams for the structure in the figure below (axial, shear and
bending moment).
Data: q = 60 kN/m, a = 4 m, h 1 = 3 m, h 2 = 2 m

E 2.b Trusses
Compute the reactions and internal efforts in the following truss structure
Data: a = 4 m, F = 50 kN, A = 10 cm 2, E = 210 GPa

E 2.c Cantilever beams

For a cantilever beam of length L, consider the following load scenarios in figures a-c:
a) Find the reactions
b) Find the analytical expressions for the bending moment and shear efforts
c) Sketch the effort diagrams denoting the maximum values

a) b)

c)