APPENDIX

SLOPES AND
D DEFLECTIONS OF
BEAMS
Simply Supported Beam Slopes and Deflections
Beam Slope Deflection Elastic Curve
v
P
L L -Px
v = (3L2 - 4x2)
2 2 - PL2 -PL3 48EI
umax = vmax =
16EI 48EI 0 … x … L>2
umax vmax

v P - Pab(L + b)
u1 =
6EIL -Pbx 2
u1 u2 v = (L - b2 - x2)
x -Pba 2 6EIL
Pab(L + a) v2 = (L - b2 - a2)
u2 = x=a 6EIL 0 … x … a
a b 6EIL
L
v
- M0 L -M0 L2
L u1 = vmax =
M0 6EI -M0 x 2
u1 u2 923EI v = (L - x2)
x M0 L 6EIL
u2 = at x = 0.5774L
3EI
v
L
w
- wL3 -5wL4 -wx 3
umax = vmax = v = (x - 2Lx2 + L3)
x 24EI 384EI 24EI
umax vmax

v -wx
-5wL4 v = (16x3 - 24Lx2 + 9L3)
w v2 = 384EI
u2 - 3wL3 768EI
u1 = x = L>2 0 … x … L>2
x 128EI -wL
wL4 v = (8x3 - 24Lx2
L u1 L 3 vmax = -0.006563 384EI
7wL EI
2 2 u2 = + 17L2x - L3)
384EI
at x = 0.4598L L>2 … x 6 L
v w0
- 7w0L3 w0L4
u1 = vmax = -0.00652
360EI EI -w0x
x v = (3x4 - 10L2x2 + 7L4)
w0L3 360EIL
u1 u2 u2 = at x = 0.5193L
L 45EI

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Cantilevered Beam Slopes and Deflections

Beam Slope Deflection Elastic Curve
v
P
vmax
- PL2 -PL3 -Px2
x umax = vmax = v = (3L - x)
2EI 3EI 6EI
L umax

v
P
-Px2
vmax v = 1 3L - 2x 2 0 … x … L>2
- PL 2
-5PL 3 12EI
x umax = vmax =
8EI 48EI -PL2
L L umax v = 1 6x - L 2 L>2 … x … L
2 2 48EI

v
w
vmax
- wL3 -wL4 - wx2 2
x umax = vmax = v = (x - 4Lx + 6L2)
6EI 8EI 24EI
umax
L

v
umax
x
M0L M0L2 M0x2
umax = vmax = v =
M0 vmax EI 2EI 2EI
L
D v -wx2 2
w
v = 1 x - 2Lx + 32 L2 2
24EI
vmax
- wL3 -7wL4 0 … x … L>2
x
umax = vmax = -wL3
48EI 384EI v = (8x - L)
L L umax 384EI
2 2
L>2 … x … L
v
w0
vmax
- w0L3 -w0L4 -w0x2
x umax = vmax = v = (10L3 - 10L2x + 5Lx2 - x3)
24EI 30EI 120EIL
L umax