QUESTION 2

Figure 2 below shows a propped cantilever beam. If the 60 kN point load shown on the
Figure is the collapse load.

a) Using the STATIC METHOD, i.e. the use of reactant and simply supported BM
calculate the fully plastic bending moment of the section.

b) Calculate the Plastic Modulus of the beam section if the yield stress is 300 MPa.

60 kN

A B

5m 4m

Figure 2

Memo

𝑫𝒆𝒇𝒍𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒆 𝒂𝒕 𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒂𝒑𝒔𝒆:

60 kN

A B

𝑆𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑦 𝑠𝑢𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑑𝑖𝑎𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑚:

400
3
𝑅𝑒𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑏𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑑𝑖𝑎𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑚:

MP
y
A B

5m 4m

Figure 2

𝑦 𝑀𝑃 5𝑀𝑃
= ∴𝑦=
5 9 9

𝑅𝑒𝑠𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑏𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑎𝑡 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑡 𝑙𝑜𝑎𝑑 𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑑:

400 5𝑀𝑃
− = 𝑀𝑃
3 9

400 5𝑀𝑃
= 𝑀𝑃 +
3 9

400 14𝑀𝑃
=
3 9

400 × 9
= 𝑀𝑃
3 × 14
𝑀𝑃 = 85.714 𝑘𝑁𝑚

𝑀𝑃
𝑀𝑃 = 𝑍𝑃 × 𝜎𝑦 ∴ 𝑍𝑃 = 𝜎𝑦
85.714
𝑍𝑃 =
300 × 103

𝑍𝑃 = 2.8571333333 × 10−4 𝑚3

𝑍𝑃 = 2.8571333333 × 10−4 × 1 × 109 = 285.713 × 103 𝑚𝑚3

QUESTION 3

The frame shown as Figure 3 below is fixed at both supports A and D and is subjected to loading as
shown on the Figure. The fully plastic bending moments (Mp) are shown against the members on
the Figure, i.e. for the columns is 200 kNm and that for the beam is 250 kNm.

a) Using the VIRTUAL WORK (displacement) method determine the collapse mode and the
magnitude of the collapse load.

b) Calculate the reactions at the supports.

c) Draw on the graph paper provided the Shear Force (SF), Bending Moment (BM) and Axial
Force (AF) diagrams for the frame at collapse.
W
B C
1.5 W
Mp = 250 kNm
Mp = 200 kNm

Mp = 200 kNm
4m
6m

D
3m 5m

Figure 3

Memo

Sway mechanism

1.5W

/4 /6

/4

/6

∆ ∆ ∆ ∆
1.5𝑊 × ∆= 200 [4 + 4 + 6 + 6]
𝑊 = 111.111 𝑘𝑁
Beam mechanism

W
/3 /5

/3 /5

∆ ∆ ∆ ∆
𝑊 × ∆= 200 [ + ] + 250 [ + ]
3 5 3 5

𝑊 = 240 𝑘𝑁

Combined mechanism

W
3 /4 3 /20
1.5W

/6
/4
3 /20

/4

/6

3∆ ∆ ∆ ∆ 3∆ ∆ 3∆
1.5𝑊 × ∆ + 𝑊 × = 200 [ + + + ] + 250 [ + ]
4 4 6 6 20 4 20

𝑊 = 109.6296 𝑘𝑁

𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑟𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑓𝑎𝑖𝑙 𝑏𝑦 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑏𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑚𝑒𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑠𝑚 𝑎𝑡 𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑎𝑝𝑠𝑒 𝑙𝑜𝑎𝑑 𝑜𝑓 109.6296 𝑘𝑁

 109.6296
B C
164.444
E

A HA

D
VA HD

VD

Reactions

𝑪𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒆𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒍. 𝒐𝒇 𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝑪 − 𝑫:

∑ 𝑀𝐶 = 0

−200 − 200 + 𝐻𝐷 × 6 = 0
𝐻𝐷 = 66.667 𝑘𝑁 ←

𝑪𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒛𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒍 𝒆𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒍. 𝒐𝒇 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒄𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆

164.444 − 66.667 − 𝐻𝐴 = 0
𝐻𝐴 = 97.777 𝑘𝑁 ←

𝐶𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑙. 𝑜𝑓 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝐴 − 𝐵 − 𝐸:

∑ 𝑀𝐸 = 0

−200 + 97.777 × 4 + 𝑉𝐴 × 3 − 250 = 0

𝑉𝐴 = 19.631 𝑘𝑁 ↑

𝐶𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑙. 𝑜𝑓 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑐𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒:

19.631 − 109.6296 + 𝑉𝐷 = 0

𝑉𝐷 = 89.999 𝑘𝑁 ↑
 109.6296
B C
164.444
E

A
97.777

D
19.631 66.667

89.999

20

90
98
67

SFD (kN)
 191 200

191

250

200

200
BMD (kNm)

66.667 (C)

19.631 (C)

89.999 (C)

AFD (kN)