Problem 10.

29 The loads 200 N and

800 Nm.
(a) Determine the internal forces and moment as func-
tions of .
(b) Draw the shear force and bending moment
diagrams.

Solution: The reactions at the supports: The sum of the moments

about the left end:

8 16 0

from which

1 1
8 16 8 800 16 200 300 N

The sum of the forces: 0,

from which 100 N. The intervals as free bodies: Divide the

interval into three parts: 0 4, 4 8, and 8 16.
Interval I : The shear is 1 100 N. The moment is
1 100 N m. Interval 2 : The shear is 2
100 N. The sum of the moments is

2 0

from which, 2 100 800 Nm. Interval 3 : The shear is

3 100 300 200 N. The sum of the moments is

3 8 0

from which

3 800 100 300 2400 200 3200 N m

The axial forces are zero, 0 in all intervals.

(b) The diagrams are shown.

Problem 10.30 The beam in Problem 10.29 will safely

support shear forces and bending moments of magni-
tudes 2 kN and 6.5 kN-m, respectively. On the basis
of this criterion, can it safely be subjected to the loads
1 kN, 1 6 kN-m?

Solution: From the solution to Problem 10.29, the shear and the
moments in the intervals are Interval 1 : 1 , 1 ,
Interval 2 : 2 , 2 , Interval 3 : 3
, 3 8 . The reactions are

1
8 16

3 8 16
and

The maximum shears in each interval have the magnitude rank: 16 2

The maximum magnitude occurs at 8, 3 8 8 8 kN m

1 2 3 and it exceeds the safe limit by 2.5 kN m.
so that the largest shear for a force 1 kN is 3
1 kN, which can be safely supported. The
maximum moment magnitudes in each interval have the rank:
1 2 3 . The maximum moment magnitude
occurs in the third interval:

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