Useful Formulas - Displacements

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l2

l2

Moments/Forces Required to Generate Unit Displacements

System B
System A
abl

abl/2

abl/2

al(b1 + b2)/2

abl/2

abl/2

abl/3

abl/6

al(b1 + 2b2)/6 abl(1+

)/6

bl(a1 + a2)/2

bl(a1 + 2a2)/6 bl(2a1 + a2)/6 l(2a1b1 + a1b2 + bl[(1+)a1 +

a2b1 + 2a2b2)/ 6 (1+)a2]/6

abl/2

abl(1 + )/6

abl(1 + )/6

al[(1+)b1 +
(1+)b2]/6

abl/3

2abl/3

abl/3

abl/3

al(b1 + b2)/3

abl(1 +
)/3

abl/3

abl/4

abl/12

al(b1+3b2)/12 abl(1 + +
2)/12

2abl/3

5abl/12

abl/4

al(3b1 +
5b2)/12

abl(1 - 2)/12