CE 311: STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS AND DESIGN

Lecture 6: Virtual Work Method for Beams and Frames

Deflection due to External Force

NAZRUL ISLAM, PHD

BANGLADESH UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY
DHAKA, BANGLADESH

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REVIEW OF LECTURE-3
 Principle of Virtual Work 1. Apply unit virtual load (=1), which
produces internal virtual load u.

2. Body will be subjected to real loads P1,

P2, P3 and cause external displacement
and internal element deformation dL.

External virtual load and internal virtual

load u will ‘ride along’ by and dL.

External = Internal
Virtual Work Virtual Work

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 Method of Virtual Work for Trusses

External = Internal
Virtual Work Virtual Work

External Load + T Change + Fabrication Error

External Load

Temperature Change

Fabrication Error

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LECTURE-6
 Method of Virtual Work for Beams

1.∆=∫ 𝑚𝑑𝜃 1.𝜃=∫ 𝑚𝑑𝜃

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LECTURE-6
 Method of Virtual Work for Beams

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LECTURE-6: INTEGRATION CHART

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LECTURE-6
 Method of Virtual Work for Beams and Frames

Axial Bending Shear

Axial Bending Shear

K= Form Factor for Cross Sectional Area

= 1.2 for Rectangular Section
= 10/9 for Circular Section
1.0 for Wide Flange and I Beam, where A is
the Area of the Web
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INTEGRATION CHART
 Exercises

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VIRTUAL WORK METHOD

THANK YOU

To be continued

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