Department of Mechanical Engineering, MMMUT Gorakhpur

(Instructor: Dr. Jeeoot Singh, email: jsme@mmmut.ac.in, Mob:9235500565)

BME-14 Mechanics of Solids: Tutorial-5
Topic Deflection of beams, Equation of elastic curve, Mecaulay’s method, Area moment method, Fixed
beam carrying point load and uniformly distributed load, continuous beams, Castgliano’s theorem.

Q 1 (a) A uniform cantilever is 4 m long and carries a concentrated load of 40 kN at a point 3 m from the support.
Determine the vertical deflection of the free end of the cantilever if EI = 65 MN m 2.

(b) How would this value change if the same total load were applied but uniformly distributed over the portion of
the cantilever 3 m from the support?

Q 2 Determine the slope and deflection under the 50 kN load for the beam loading system shown in Fig. Find also
the position and magnitude of the maximum deflection. E = 200 GN/m2; I = 83 x 10 -6 m4 .

Q 3 Determine the deflection at a point 1 m from the left-hand end of the beam loaded as shown in Fig using
Macaulay’s method. El = 0.65 MN m2.

Q 4 Calculate the slope and deflection of the beam loaded as shown in Fig. at a point 1.6 m from the left -hand end.
EI = 1.4MNm2.

Q 5 (a) Find the slope and deflection at the tip of the cantilever shown in Fig.
(b) What load P must be applied upwards at mid-span to reduce the deflection by half?
EI = 20 MN /m2.

Q 6 The uniform beam of Fig. carries the loads indicated. Determine the B.M. at B and hence draw the S.F. and
B.M. diagrams for the beam.

Q 7 A beam ABCDE is continuous over four supports and carries the loads shown in Fig. Determine the values of
the fixing moment at each support and hence draw the S.F. and B.M. diagrams for the beam.

Q 8 Using the finite difference method, determine the central deflection of a simply -supported beam carrying a
uniformly distributed load ω over its complete span. The beam can be assumed to have constant flexural rigidity EΙ
throughout.

Q 9 The statically indeterminate propped cantilever shown in Fig. is propped at Band carries a central load W It can
be assumed to have a constant flexural rigidity El throughout.