Solution:

Given Data:

*The length of the beam is: L  12 m

*The magnitude of the UDL is: q  8 N/m

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The free body diagram of the beam is shown below:

Ay By
Here, is the vertical reaction at A and is the vertical reaction at B.

(ii)

Take the moment of all the forces about point B to determine the reaction force
at A:

M B 0
 A 12 m    7 N 10 m    5 N  9 m    8 N/m  6 m  3 m   0
y

Ay  21.58 N
(i)

The equilibrium equation in the vertical direction is utilized to determine the

magnitude of the reaction force at B:

   Fy  0
Ay  By  7 N  5 N   8 N/m  6 m   0
By  60 N  21.58 N
By = 38.42 N

(iii)

The distance x from B at which the Shear force value changes from negative to
positive is:

Vx   By    8 N/m  x 
38.42  8 x  0
38.42
x
8
x  4.8025 m
(iv)

The maximum bending moment location can be calculated as:

  x  6 
2

M x   Ay  x   7 N   x  2  m   5 N   x  3 m   8 N/m  

 2 


The maximum bending moment location will be:

dM x
0
dx
Ay  7  5   8 x   48  0
8 x  21.58  12 + 48
x  7.2 m from the left support

The maximum bending moment will be:

  7.2  6  
2

M max   21.58 N  7.2 m   7 N   7.2  2  m   5 N   7.2  3  m   8 N/m  

 2 
 92.216 N  m  clockwise 

(v)

The moment of inertia of the section is calculated as:

BD 3 bd 3
I 
12 12
  0.16 m    0.2 m  3  0.12 m    0.16 m  3 
I   
 12 12 
I  6.57 105 m 4
(vi)

The maximum bending stress can be calculated as:

M max  max

I ymax
92.216 N  m   0.1 m 
 max 
 6.57 10 5
m4 
 max  140359.21 N/m 2

(vii)

The bending stress at 2 cm from the top is calculated as:

 max  2 cm

0.1 m 0.08 m
0.08
 2 cm  140359.21 N/m 2 
0.1
 2 cm  112287.4 N/m 2