QUESTION 1

DETERMINE THE SLOPE AND DEFLECTION AT DISTANCE 5M FROM A OF THE BEAM IN THE
FIGURE 1 BELOW BY USING MACAULAYS METHOD.

B
A

2M

2M

2M

2M

MOMENT EQUATION

mx = -81(X)+18(X)-10(X-2)+5(X-4)-4 (
mx = -81[X]+18[X]-10[X-2]+5[X-4]-4 [

x6 x6
)(
)
2
2

x6
]
2

SLOPE EQUATION

EI

dy
x
x2 2
x6 3
] +5[X-4]-4 [
] +C 1
= -81[X]+18 [ ] 2 -10 [
dx
2
2
6

DEFLECTION EQUATION

x 2
x 3
x2 3
x4 2
x6 4
] 5[
] 4[
] C 1 [ X]
EI y =-81 [ ] +18 [ ] 10[
2

BOUNDRARY CONDITION

24

C1 + C
X=0 ,

EI

dy
0
dx

dy
0 2
02 2
06 3
] 5[0 4] 4[
] +C 1 [0]
= -81[0]+18 [ ] 10[
dx
2
2
6
=0

x 8m , y 0
EI

y = -81 [ 8 ] 2 18[ 8 ]3 10[ 8 2 ] 5[ 8 4 ] 2 4[ 8 6 ] 4 +C 1 [8]+ C 2

2
6
6
2
24
C 2 = 165.333

EI

dy
5
52 2
56 3
81[5] 18[ ] 2 10[
] 5[5 4] 4[
]
dx
2
2]
6

=-219.333

5
52 3
54 2
56 4
81[ ] 2 18[
] 5[
] 4[
] 0[5] 165.333
y
EI
=
2
6
2
24
514.834