PROBLEM SET

CHAPTER 7: RESTRAINED BEAMS

1. Find the reactions at the supports and draw the shear and moment diagrams of the
propped beam shown in Fig. P-704 using superposition method and double integration
method.

2. Find the reaction at the simple support of the propped beam shown in Fig. P-705 using
double integration method and sketch the shear and moment diagrams.

3. A couple M is applied at the propped end of the beam shown in Fig. P-707. Compute R at
the propped end and also the wall restraining moment.
4. Two identical cantilever beams in contact at their ends support a distributed load
over one of them as shown in Fig. P-708. Determine the restraining moment at
each wall.
 

5. The beam in Figure PB-006 is supported at the left by a spring that deflects 1 inch
for each 300 lb. For the beam E = 1.5 × 106 psi and I = 144 in4. Compute the
deflection of the spring.
 

6. Determine the end moments of the restrained beam shown in Fig. P-714.
 
7. For the propped beam shown in Fig. P-719, determine the propped reaction R
and the midspan value of EIδ using moment-area method.
 

8. In the perfectly restrained beam shown in Fig. P-737, support B has settled a
distance Δ below support A. Show that MB = -MA = 6EIΔ/L2.