BEAM DEFLECTION FORMULAS

BEAM TYPE SLOPE AT ENDS DEFLECTION AT ANY SECTION IN TERMS OF x MAXIMUM AND CENTER
DEFLECTION
6. Beam Simply Supported at Ends – Concentrated load P at the center

Pl 2 Px § 3l 2 · l Pl 3
T1 T2 y ¨  x 2 ¸ for 0  x  G max
16 EI 12 EI © 4 ¹ 2 48 EI

7. Beam Simply Supported at Ends – Concentrated load P at any point

Pbx 2 32
Pb(l 2  b 2 ) y  l  x 2  b 2  for 0  x  a
2
6lEI Pb  l 2  b 2 
T1 G max at x l  b2  3
6lEI Pb ª l 3 9 3 lEI
Pab(2l  b) y «  x  a    l 2  b2  x  x3 º»
T2 6lEI ¬ b ¼ Pb
6lEI G  3l 2  4b2  at the center, if a ! b
for a  x  l 48 EI

8. Beam Simply Supported at Ends – Uniformly distributed load  (N/m)

Zl 3 Zx 3 5Zl 4
T1 T2 y  l  2lx2  x3  Gmax
24 EI 24 EI 384 EI

9. Beam Simply Supported at Ends – Couple moment M at the right end

Ml 2 l
Ml Gmax at x
T1 9 3 EI 3
6 EI Mlx § x 2 ·
y ¨1  ¸
Ml Ml 2
T2
6 EI © l 2 ¹ G at the center
3EI 16 EI

10. Beam Simply Supported at Ends – Uniformly varying load: Maximum intensity o (N/m)
7Zol 3 Zo l 4
T1 G max 0.00652 at x 0.519 l
360 EI Zo x EI
y  7l 4  10l 2 x 2  3x 4 
Zo l 3 360lEI Zol 4
T2 G 0.00651 at the center
45 EI EI