Shear Force & Bending

Moment Diagrams

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Types of supports
1. Pin or hinge support
A hinged support can resist both
vertical and horizontal forces but
not a moment.

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Types of supports
2. Roller support
are free to rotate and
translate along the surface
upon which the roller rests.

The resulting reaction force

is always a single force that
is perpendicular to, and

away from, the surface.

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Types of supports
3. Fixed support
can resist vertical and
horizontal forces as

well as a moment.

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Types of loads
1. Concentrated or point load
is a load applied to a single, specific point on a structural
member.

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Types of loads
2. Uniform distributed load
is force per unit length.

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Types of loads
3. Varying distributed load
is a force whose magnitude varies along the length.

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Shear Force & Bending moment

Architecture Perspective

Glass bridge in Rotterdam, Netherlands, Curved floor beams

mimics its bending moment diagram
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Shear Force & Bending moment

Architecture Perspective

Tondonia winery, Haro, spain, cantilevered canopy increase in

depth towards support (Arch. Zaha Hadid)
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Shear Force & Bending moment

Architecture Perspective

The tangled towers of De Rotterdam (Arch. Rem Koolhaas)

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