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"Movloads" - Moving Wheel Loads Analysis: Program Description
"Movloads" - Moving Wheel Loads Analysis: Program Description
Program Description:
"MOVLOADS" is a spreadsheet program written in MS-Excel for the purpose of analysis of simple-span members
subjected to from one (1) up to eight (8) moving wheel loads with up to seven (7) wheel spacings. Specifically,
the maximum moment and location from the left end of the member and wheel postioning, the maximum end
shears, the maximum deflection, and the maximum center support reaction for two (2) adjacent simple-span
members are calculated.
This program is a workbook consisting of two (2) worksheets, described as follows:
Worksheet Name
Description
Doc
Moving Loads
Formulas Used to Determine Shear, Moment, Slope, and Deflection in Single-Span Members
For Uniform Load:
Loading functions for uniform load evaluated at distance x = L from left end of beam:
FvL = -w*L
FmL = -w*L^2/2
FL = -w*L^3/(6*E*I)
FL = -w*L^4/(24*E*I)
Loading functions for uniform load evaluated at distance = x from left end of beam:
Fvx = -w*x
Fmx = -w*x^2/2
Fx = -w*x^3/(6*E*I)
Fx = -w*x^4/(24*E*I)
For Point Loads:
Loading functions for each point load evaluated at distance x = L from left end of beam:
FvL = -P
FmL = -P*(L-a)
FL = -P*(L-a)^2/(2*E*I)
FL = P*(L-a)^3/(6*E*I)
Loading functions for each point load evaluated at distance = x from left end of beam:
If x > a:
Fvx = -P
else:
Fmx = -P*(x-a)
else:
Fx = -P*(x-a)^2/(2*E*I)
else:
Fx = P*(x-a)^3/(6*E*I)
else:
Fvx =
Fmx =
Fx =
Fx =
Initial summation values at left end (xL = 0) for shear, moment, slope, and deflection:
Simple beam:
Vo =
Mo =
o =
o =
-1/L*(FmL)
0
1/L*(FL)+L/(6*E*I)*(FmL)
0
Summations of shear, moment, slope, and deflection at distance = xL from left end of beam:
Shear:
Moment:
Slope:
Deflection:
Vx =
Mx =
x =
x =
Vo+(Fvx)
Mo+Vo*x+(Fmx)
o+Mo*x/(E*I)+Vo*x^2/(2*E*I)+(Fx)
-(o-o*x-Mo*x^2/(2*E*I)-Vo*x^3/(6*E*I)+(Fx)
Reference:
"Modern Formulas for Statics and Dynamics, A Stress-and-Strain Approach"
by Walter D. Pilkey and Pin Yu Chang, McGraw-Hill Book Company (1978)
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"MOVLOADS.xls" Program
Version 1.0
Checker:
Input:
Left Span, L1 = 40.0000
Right Span, L2 = 30.0000
Elastic Modulus, E = 29000.00
Member Inertia, I = 7800.00
Uniform Load, 1 =
0.200
Uniform Load, =
0.100
No. of Wheels, Nw =
4
P1
30.00
S1
8.00
P1
ft.
P2
S1
ft.
P3
S2
P4
S3
P5
S4
P6
S5
P7
S6
P8
S7
ksi
2
x
kips/ft.
kips/ft.
P2
25.00
S2
4.00
L1
VL
P3
20.00
S3
6.00
EI
L2
VR
R(max)
Nomenclature
P4
15.00
Results:
Moment and Shears for Left Span, L1:
M(max) =
705.00
ft-kips
@x=
20.00
ft.
# Wheels on Span =
4
VL =
49.25
kips
VR =
48.75
kips
VL(max) =
76.25
kips
VR(max) =
71.25
kips
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