ES 13 WFV PROB SET 4

Date given: Sept 16, 2011

Due: Sept 23, 2011 (Friday), at class hour

Instruction: Answer the following questions on letter-sized (8.5”x11”) paper or A4

(8.27”x11.69”), preferably recycled (i.e. one side already used). Only one side of every
sheet of paper shall be used to write your solutions to the problems.

I. Deflections: Statically Determinate

A. Double Integration Method (DIM) (choose 1 of 2 problems, 5 pts)
1. For the given beam where flexural rigidity (EI) is constant:

Compute:
a. Slope at C & D.
b. ymax

2. Determine the equation of the elastic curve (i.e. deflection equation). If E = 12 GPa,
determine the deflection and slope at free end B.
 B. Area Moment Method (AMM) (choose 1 of 2 problems, 5 pts)
1. For the simply supported with overhang:

Using B as reference point, determine:

a. Deflection at C
b. Max deflection between the supports

2. Determine the location of the maximum deflection and the maximum deflection. EI is
constant.

15 kN

A B

2.5 m 0.5 m

II. Deflections: Statically Indeterminate

A. DIM (5 pts)
1. For the cantilever beam shown below where EI is constant, determine using DIM:
a. The support reactions in terms of ω and L.
b. The deflection 5 meters from the fixed support if L = 4 m, ω = 6 kN/m, E = 200 GPa,
and I = 6.24 x 108 mm4
Note: Use the indicated axes.
B. AMM (choose 1 of 2 problems, 5 pts)
1. Determine the reactions at the supports. EI is constant. Use A as the reference section.

150 kN/m 100 kN

B
A

1.5 m 1.5 m 1.5 m

2. Using A as the reference section for the beam shown:

50 kN/m

A 2 EI B EI C

4m 2m 3m
 Determine:
a. Support reactions
b. Deflection 4 m to the right of A

III. Buckling of Columns (choose 2 of 3 problems, 5 pts each)

1. A 5 m long column (pinned-fixed at ends) with the cross section shown is fabricated from
three pieces of timber (E = 12 GPa and σY = 50 MPa).

Determine:
20 mm a. Slenderness ratio
b. Minimum slenderness ratio
c. Euler buckling load, Pcr
60 mm d. Axial stress in the column when Pcr is applied

20mm

40 20 40

2. The column supported as shown below is made from a material having a modulus of
elasticity of 200 GPa (E= 200 GPa) and yield stress at 200 MPa (σyp=200 MPa). Determine:
a. The slenderness ratio at the axis of buckling.
b. The critical load
 3. An aluminum column of length L and rectangular cross section has a fixed end at B and
supports a centric load at A. Two smooth and rounded fixed plates restrain end A from
moving in one of the vertical planes of symmetry but allow it to move in the other plane.

Given:
L = 1.4 m
E = 80 GPa
P = 30 kN
FS = 3.0

Design the most efficient cross section for the

column. (i.e. what are the dimensions of a and b)

Hint: Beer and Johnston

Bonus:
1. Determine the moment function using the given axis. [3 pts]
2. For me, my most understood topic in ES 13 so far is ___________ while the least is
____________. [2 pts]

3. Miss U Q&A: “Would you change your religious belief to marry the person that you love?”
[2 pts]

Max pts: 37/30

Sir J.U. Tan Tian

*Life is a University. I want to make sure I attend everyday. The lessons we learn everyday never
end. Some lessons I will never forget – especially those I have applied in my life:
1. To the world, you might be one person, but to one person you might be the world.
2. Going to church does not make you a Christian anymore than going to a fast food restaurant
makes you a hamburger.
3. Real friends are those who, when you feel you’ve made a fool of yourself, don’t feel you’ve
done a permanent job.
4. Sometimes the majority only means that all the fools are on the same side.
5. Lead your life so you won’t be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip.
6. People gather bundles of sticks to build bridges they never cross.
7. Learn from the mistakes of others. You can’t live enough to make them all yourself.
8. There are two things I’ve learned: There is a God. And I’m not Him.
9. Following the path of least resistance is what makes rivers and men crooked.
10. Your worst days are never so bad that you are beyond the reach of God’s grace. And your
best days are never so good that you are beyond the need of God’s grace.

-Francis J. Kong
One of the country’s leading motivational speaker.
UPD Engineering Summit Speaker 2008

*Taken from the book Legacy: One Man to Another