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Solution to Problem 884 by Moment Distribution Method
Joint 0 11 22 33 4
DF 0.00 1.00 0.43 0.57 0.43 0.57 0.00
FEM 2000.00 -5333.33 5333.33 -1500.00 1500.00 -1800.00 2700.00
3333.33 -1642.86 -2190.48 128.57 171.43
1666.67 64.29 -1095.24 85.71
-741.84 -989.12 469.39 625.85
234.69 -494.56 312.93
-100.58 -134.11 211.95 282.60
105.98 -67.06 141.30
-45.42 -60.56 28.74 38.32
14.37 -30.28 19.16
-6.16 -8.21 12.98 17.30
6.49 -4.11 8.65
-2.78 -3.71 1.76 2.35
0.88 -1.85 1.17
-0.38 -0.50 0.79 1.06
0.40 -0.25 0.53
-0.17 -0.23 0.11 0.14
0.05 -0.11 0.07
-0.02 -0.03 0.05 0.06
0.02 -0.02 0.03
-0.01 -0.01 0.01 0.01
0.00 -0.01 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
SUM 2000.00 -2000.00 4459.78 -4459.78 660.87 -660.87 3269.56
Solution to Problem 884 by Moment Distribution Method
Joint 0 11 22 33 4
DF 0.00 1.00 0.43 0.57 0.43 0.57 0.00
FEM 2000.00 -5333.33 5333.33 -1500.00 1500.00 -1800.00 2700.00
3333.33 1666.67 64.29 128.57 171.43 85.71
-2384.69 -3179.59 -1589.80
340.67 681.34 908.45 454.23
-146.00 -194.67 -97.33
20.86 41.71 55.62 27.81
-8.94 -11.92 -5.96
1.28 2.55 3.41 1.70
-0.55 -0.73 -0.36
0.08 0.16 0.21 0.10
-0.03 -0.04 -0.02
0.00 0.01 0.01 0.01
0.00 0.00
SUM 2000.00 -2000.00 4459.78 -4459.78 660.87 -660.87 3269.56

Given: Distribution Factor Fixed-End Moment

L_(01) = 1 m DF_(10) = 0 FEM_(10) = 2000 N-m
L_(12) = 4 m DF_(12) = 1 FEM_(12) = -5333.333 N-m
L_(23) = 4 m DF_(21) = 0.428571 FEM_(21) = 5333.333 N-m
L_(34) = 3 m DF_(23) = 0.571429 FEM_(23) = -1500 N-m
a=1 m DF_(32) = 0.428571 FEM_(32) = 1500 N-m
b=2 m DF_(34) = 0.571429 FEM_(34) = -1800 N-m
w_(o1) = 4000 N/m DF_(43) = 0 FEM_(43) = 2700 N-m
w_(o2) = 6000 N/m Beam Stiffness Answer:
P_1 = 2000 N Let I = 12 M1 = -2000 N-m
P_2 = 2000 N K_(01) = 0 M2 = -4459.78274248512 N-m
m K_(12) = 2.25 M3 = -660.870397685204 N-m
f K_(23) = 3 M4 = -3269.5648011574 N-m
K_(34) = 4