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Given: A Continuous Beam Over Three Spans With Integral Column Supports As Shown
Given: A Continuous Beam Over Three Spans With Integral Column Supports As Shown
Given: A continuous beam over three spans with integral column supports as shown.
Given: A continuous beam over three spans with integral column supports as shown.
Loads:
Length Ix w P a
(ft) (in )
4
(klf) (k) (ft)
Span1 13.50 510.00 2.00 15.00 5.00
Span2 15.00 480.00 1.40 20.00 7.00
Span3 30.00 754.00 1.60 5.00 12.00
Length I
(ft) (in4)
Col. 1 10 200
Col. 2 10 200
Col. 3 10 200
Col. 4 10 200
Wanted: Develop the shear and moment diagrams for the beam using moment distribution using an electronic
Wanted: Develop the shear and moment diagrams for the beam using moment distribution using an electronic
spreadsheet..
spreadsheet..
Solution:
Moment Distribution
30.00
4.1 4.1 12.34 43.36
5.4 5.4 -5.36 52.19 20.00
6.8 6.8 -8.06 43.13
8.1 8.1 -10.76 30.43 10.00
9.5 9.5 -13.46 14.08 0.00
10.8 10.8 -16.16 -5.92 0.0 10.0 20.0 30.0 40.0 50.0 6
12.2 12.2 -18.86 -29.56 -10.00
13.5 13.5 -21.56 -56.84 -20.00
0.0 13.5 17.22 -50.08
1.5 15.0 15.12 -25.83 -30.00
Location "x", (ft)
3.0 16.5 13.02 -4.72
4.5 18.0 10.92 13.23
6.0 19.5 8.82 28.04
7.5 21.0 -13.28 29.69
9.0 22.5 -15.38 8.20 Moment Diagram
Moment, (ft-k)
Col. 4 Units
10 ft
200
1.67
k/ft
12.00 0.00
D D
0.557 0.443
-120.00
-14.40
-134.400 0 ft-k
74.843 59.557 ft-k
-13.116 ft-k
-72.673 59.557 ft-k
7.304 5.812 ft-k
-5.568 ft-k
-70.937 65.369 ft-k
3.101 2.467 ft-k
-1.650 ft-k
-69.487 67.836 ft-k
0.919 0.731 ft-k
-0.422 ft-k
-68.990 68.568 ft-k
0.235 0.187 ft-k
-0.208 ft-k
-68.963 68.755 ft-k
0.116 0.092 ft-k
-0.046 ft-k
-68.894 68.847 ft-k
0.026 0.021 ft-k
-0.026 ft-k
-68.894 68.868 ft-k
0.015 0.012 ft-k
-0.006 ft-k
-68.885 68.879 ft-k
0.003 0.003 ft-k
-0.003 ft-k
-68.885 68.882 ft-k
23.537 k
Diagram
t Diagram