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Ahmed Abduljaleel Almadany 39th & 40th Lectures

Deflection of Beams
8.3. Moment Diagram by Parts:
The moment-area method of finding the deflection of a beam will demand the accurate
computation of the area of a moment diagram, as well as the moment of such area about any
axis. To pave its way, this section will deal on how to draw moment diagram by parts and to
calculate the moment of such diagrams about a specified axis.

Basic Principles

1. The bending moment caused by all forces to the left or to the right of any section is equal
to the respective algebraic sum of the bending moments at that section caused by each
load acting separately.
M=(ΣM)L=(ΣM)R
2. The moment of a load about a specified axis is always defined by the equation of a
spandrel
y=kxn
where n is the degree of power of x.
The graph of the above equation is as shown below

and the area and location of centroid are defined as follows.

Cantilever Loadings
A = area of moment diagram
Mx = moment about a section of distance x
barred x = location of centroid
Degree = degree power of the moment diagram

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Example 1:

For the beam loaded as shown in the

Figure, compute the moment of area of
the M diagrams between the reactions
about both the left and the right
reaction.

Solution:

Moment diagram by parts can be drawn in different ways; three are shown below.
1st Solution

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2nd Solution

3rd Solution:

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Also, solution could be implemented by taking ∑M under the point of the 1000N concentrated
load.

Example 2:

For the beam loaded as shown in the

Figure, compute the moment of area of
the M diagrams between the reactions
about both the left and the right
reaction. (Hint: Draw the moment
diagram by parts from right to left.)

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Solution:

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Example 3:

For the beam loaded as shown in the

Figure, compute the moment of area of
the M diagrams between the reactions
about both the left and the right
reaction.

Solution:

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Example 4:

For the beam loaded as shown in the

Figure, compute the moment of area of
the M diagrams between the reactions
about both the left and the right
reaction. (Hint: Resolve the trapezoidal
loading into a uniformly distributed
load and a uniformly varying load.)

Solution:

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Example 5:

For the beam loaded with uniformly

varying load and a couple as shown in
the Figure, compute the moment of area
of the M diagrams between the
reactions about both the left and the
right reaction.

Solution:

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