Input

Continuous Beam Analysis

Analysis of a continuous beams or a continuous frame subject to distributed loads, point loads a

Length 20.00 30.00 50.00 30.00

Theta 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Area 1.00 2.00 2.00 2.00
I 8.333E-02 1.667E-01 1.667E-01 1.667E-01
E 20000000 20000000 20000000 20000000

Applied Loads
For distributed loads specify position of the start or the load, the load intensity at the start and end, and the load len
For Point loads and moments specify the position and magnitude
Positions and load lengths are measured along the beam axis
Distributed and point load direction is either "X" (horizontal) or "Y" (vertical)
Beam No Distributed Loads
Start Load/m start Load/m end Load Length
1 1 0 -20 -20 20
2 2 0 -30 -30 30
3 3 0 -30 -30 50
4 3 0
5 3 0
6 4 0 -30 -30 30
7 5 0 -20 -20 20
8
9
10
11
12

Enter 1 under End Fixity for restrained freedoms. End Actions and End Freedom numbers are calculated by the sp
End Fixity End Freedoms
Support No FX FY M FX
1 1 1 0
2 1 2
3 1 4
4 1 6
5 1 8
6 1 10

1 2 3

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k_1 EA/L 1000000 1333333.333333 800000

k_2 12EI/L^3 2500 1481.481481481 320
k_3 EI/L 83333.3333 111111.1111111 66666.66666667
k_4 6EI/L^2 25000 22222.22222222 8000
c Cos(θ) =(X2-X1)/L 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
s Sin(θ) =(Y2-Y1)/L 0.0000 0 0
Stiffness matrix coefficients; Beam No
1 2 3 4 5
2 2 2 2
c .k_1 + s .k_2 s.c.(k_1 - k_2) -s.k_4 -(c .k_1 + s .k_2) s.c.(-k_1 + k_2)
2 s2.k_1 + c2.k_2 c.k_4 s.c.(-k_1 + k_2) -(s2.k_1 + c2.k_2)
3 4k_3 s.k_4 -c.k_4
4 Symmetrical c2.k_1 + s2.k_2 s.c.(k_1 - k_2)
5 s2.k_1 + c2.k_2
6
Beam Stiffness matrix; Beam No: 1
1 2 3 4 5
1 1.00E+06 0.00E+00 -0.00E+00 -1.00E+06 -0.00E+00
2 0.00E+00 2.50E+03 2.50E+04 -0.00E+00 -2.50E+03
3 -0.00E+00 2.50E+04 3.33E+05 0.00E+00 -2.50E+04
4 -1.00E+06 -0.00E+00 0.00E+00 1.00E+06 0.00E+00
5 -0.00E+00 -2.50E+03 -2.50E+04 0.00E+00 2.50E+03
6 -0.00E+00 2.50E+04 1.67E+05 0.00E+00 -2.50E+04

Applied
Deflection Force Nett Force Reaction
FX1 0.0000000 0.0 0.0 0.0
FY1 0.0000000 -200.0 -27.0 173.0
M1 -0.0029213 -666.7 -666.7 0.0
FX2 0.0000000 0.0 0.0 0.0
FY2 0.0000000 -650.0 -185.0 465.0
M2 0.0018426 -1583.3 -1583.3 0.0
FX3 0.0000000 0.0 0.0 0.0
FY3 0.0000000 -1366.5 214.3 1580.9
M3 -0.0113832 -6129.0 -6129.0 0.0
FX4 0.0000000 0.0 0.0 0.0
FY4 0.0000000 -1393.5 214.1 1607.5
M4 0.0116719 6352.3 6352.3 0.0

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FX5 0.0000000 0.0 0.0 0.0

FY5 0.0000000 -650.0 -190.6 459.4
M5 -0.0019350 1583.3 1583.3 0.0
FX6 0.0000000 0.0 0.0 0.0
FY6 0.0000000 -200.0 -25.8 174.2
M6 0.0029675 666.7 666.7 0.0
FX7
FY7
M7

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o distributed loads, point loads and moments

Numbeams
20.00 m 5
0.00 degrees Angle of beam to X axis
1.00 m2 Cross Sectional Area
8.333E-02 m4 2nd Moment of Area
20000000 kPa Young's Modulus

y at the start and end, and the load length

Point Moments
Direction X/Y Position Load Direction X/Y Position Moment FX1
Y #VALUE!
Y #VALUE!
y 25 -120 Y #VALUE!
Y 26.25 -120 Y #VALUE!
Y 27.5 -120 Y #VALUE!
Y #VALUE!
y

edom numbers are calculated by the spreadsheet

End Freedoms
FY M
0 1
0 3
0 5
0 7
0 9
0 11

4 5 6 Current Beam

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1333333.333333 1000000 1000000

1481.481481481 2500 2500
111111.1111111 83333.33333 83333.333333
22222.22222222 25000 25000
1.0000 1.0000 1
0 0 0

6
-s.k_4
c.k_4
2k_3
s.k_4
-c.k_4
4k_3

6
-0.00E+00
2.50E+04
1.67E+05
0.00E+00
-2.50E+04
3.33E+05

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End Actions
FY1 M1 FX2 FY2 M2
#VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
#VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
#VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
#VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
#VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
#VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!

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Element Actions

1 -96.74 -15.45 -240.00 96.74

2 0.00 20.00 33.33 0.00
3 96.74 175.45 72.71 -96.74

4 7.12 207.99 -9.50 -7.12

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5 31.77 26.10 9.84 -31.77

6 -8.51 125.67 14.19 8.51

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15.45 54.58
-20.00 6.67
-175.45 145.42

-207.99 -18.99

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-26.10 19.68
-125.67 28.38

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Strand7 res

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0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

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 Beam 1
Complete stiffness matrix Beam 2
1 2 3 4 5 6
1 1000000 0 0 -1000000 0 0
2 0 2500 25000 0 -2500 25000
3 0 25000 333333.333333 0 -25000 166666.66667
4 -1000000 0 0 2333333.3333 0 0
5 0 -2500 -25000 0 3981.48148148 -2777.7777778
6 0 25000 166666.666667 0 -2777.7777778 777777.77778
7 0 0 0 -1333333.3333 0 0
8 0 0 0 0 -1481.4814815 -22222.222222
9 0 0 0 0 22222.2222222 222222.22222
10 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 0 0 0 0 0 0
19
20
21
 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
-1333333.3333 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 -1481.4814815 22222.2222222 0 0 0 0
0 -22222.222222 222222.222222 0 0 0 0
2133333.33333 0 0 -800000 0 0 0
0 1801.4814815 -14222.222222 0 -320 8000 0
0 -14222.222222 711111.111111 0 -8000 133333.3 0
-800000 0 0 2133333.3333 0 0 -1333333
0 -320 -8000 0 1801.4814815 14222.22 0
0 8000 133333.333333 0 14222.222222 711111.1 0
0 0 0 -1333333.3333 0 0 2333333
0 0 0 0 -1481.4814815 -22222.22 0
0 0 0 0 22222.222222 222222.2 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 -1000000
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
-1481.481 22222.22 0 0 0
-22222.22 222222.2 0 0 0
0 0 -1000000 0 0
3981.481 2777.778 0 -2500 25000
2777.778 777777.8 0 -25000 166666.7
0 0 1000000 0 0
-2500 -25000 0 2500 -25000
25000 166666.7 0 -25000 333333.3
 Stiffness matrix for active freedoms
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
1 3.33E+05 0.00E+00 1.67E+05 0.00E+00 0.00E+00 0.00E+00 0.00E+00 0.00E+00 0.00E+00
2 0.00E+00 2.33E+06 0.00E+00 -1.33E+06 0.00E+00 0.00E+00 0.00E+00 0.00E+00 0.00E+00
3 1.67E+05 0.00E+00 7.78E+05 0.00E+00 2.22E+05 0.00E+00 0.00E+00 0.00E+00 0.00E+00
4 0.00E+00 -1.33E+06 0.00E+00 2.13E+06 0.00E+00 -8.00E+05 0.00E+00 0.00E+00 0.00E+00
5 0.00E+00 0.00E+00 2.22E+05 0.00E+00 7.11E+05 0.00E+00 1.33E+05 0.00E+00 0.00E+00
6 0.00E+00 0.00E+00 0.00E+00 -8.00E+05 0.00E+00 2.13E+06 0.00E+00 -1.33E+06 0.00E+00
7 0.00E+00 0.00E+00 0.00E+00 0.00E+00 1.33E+05 0.00E+00 7.11E+05 0.00E+00 2.22E+05
8 0.00E+00 0.00E+00 0.00E+00 0.00E+00 0.00E+00 -1.33E+06 0.00E+00 2.33E+06 0.00E+00
9 0.00E+00 0.00E+00 0.00E+00 0.00E+00 0.00E+00 0.00E+00 2.22E+05 0.00E+00 7.78E+05
10 0.00E+00 0.00E+00 0.00E+00 0.00E+00 0.00E+00 0.00E+00 0.00E+00 -1.00E+06 0.00E+00
11 0.00E+00 0.00E+00 0.00E+00 0.00E+00 0.00E+00 0.00E+00 0.00E+00 0.00E+00 1.67E+05
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
0.00E+00 0.00E+00
0.00E+00 0.00E+00
0.00E+00 0.00E+00
0.00E+00 0.00E+00
0.00E+00 0.00E+00
0.00E+00 0.00E+00
0.00E+00 0.00E+00
-1.00E+06 0.00E+00
0.00E+00 1.67E+05
1.00E+06 0.00E+00
0.00E+00 3.33E+05
 Inverted stiffness matrix
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
1 3.40E-06 0.00E+00 -8.04E-07 0 2.6134E-07 0 -5.44E-08 0 1.74E-08
2 0.00E+00 1.00E-06 0.00E+00 1E-06 - 1E-06 0 1E-06 0
3 -8.04E-07 0.00E+00 1.61E-06 0 -5.23E-07 0 1.09E-07 0 -3.48E-08
4 0 1E-06 0 1.75E-06 0.00E+00 1.75E-06 0 1.75E-06 0
5 2.61E-07 0 -5.23E-07 0 1.63E-06 0 -3.4E-07 0 1.09E-07
6 0 1E-06 0 1.75E-06 0 3E-06 0 3E-06 0
7 -5.44E-08 0 1.09E-07 0 -3.4E-07 0 1.63E-06 0 -5.23E-07
8 0 1E-06 0 1.75E-06 0 3E-06 0 3.75E-06 0
9 1.74E-08 0 -3.48E-08 0 1.09E-07 0 -5.23E-07 0 1.61E-06
10 0 1E-06 0 1.75E-06 0 3E-06 0 3.75E-06 0
11 -8.71E-09 0 1.74E-08 0 -5.44E-08 0 2.61E-07 0 -8E-07
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
0 -8.71E-09
1E-06 0
0 1.74E-08
1.75E-06 0
0 -5.44E-08
3E-06 0
0 2.61E-07
3.75E-06 0
0 -8E-07
4.75E-06 0
0 3.4E-06
Force Deflection
-666.6667 -0.002921
0 0
-1583.333 0.001843
0 0
-6128.969 -0.011383
0 0
6352.281 0.011672
0 0
1583.333 -0.001935
0 0
666.6667 0.002968