This document provides examples of calculating influence lines for beams and trusses. For a beam carrying uniform live, concentrated, and dead loads, it gives the maximum shear at point C as -32.57 kN, the maximum shear just right of A as 64.93 kN, and the maximum positive moment at C as 82.07 kNm. For a truss, it provides the maximum ordinate of the influence diagram for member CE as -0.75 and for member CD as 0.625. Given loads moving along the truss, it also calculates the maximum compressive stress in member CD as 2.73 MPa.
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Examples for Influence Lines for Beams and Trusses
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Examples for Influence Lines for Beams and Trusses
This document provides examples of calculating influence lines for beams and trusses. For a beam carrying uniform live, concentrated, and dead loads, it gives the maximum shear at point C as -32.57 kN, the maximum shear just right of A as 64.93 kN, and the maximum positive moment at C as 82.07 kNm. For a truss, it provides the maximum ordinate of the influence diagram for member CE as -0.75 and for member CD as 0.625. Given loads moving along the truss, it also calculates the maximum compressive stress in member CD as 2.73 MPa.
This document provides examples of calculating influence lines for beams and trusses. For a beam carrying uniform live, concentrated, and dead loads, it gives the maximum shear at point C as -32.57 kN, the maximum shear just right of A as 64.93 kN, and the maximum positive moment at C as 82.07 kNm. For a truss, it provides the maximum ordinate of the influence diagram for member CE as -0.75 and for member CD as 0.625. Given loads moving along the truss, it also calculates the maximum compressive stress in member CD as 2.73 MPa.
Examples for: Influence Lines For Beams and Trusses
Situation 1: The beam shown will carry the following moving loads, Uniform Live Load = 5 kN/m , Concentrated Load = 20 kN , Dead Load = 7 kN/m
1. Determine the maximum shear at C. ans -32.57 kN
2. Determine the maximum shear just to the right of A. ans 64.93 kN 3. Determine the maximum positive moment at C. ans 82.07 kNm
Situation 2: For the given truss shown, determine:
1. The maximum ordinate of the influence diagram for member CE.
ans -0.75 2. The maximum ordinate of the influence diagram for member CD. ans 0.625 3. If a uniform live load of 12 kN/m and a concentrated load of 18 kN move along the bottom chord of the truss, determine the maximum compressive stress in member CD if it has a cross sectional area of 4800 mm2. ans 2.73 MPa