EXPERIMENT 5 - CONTINUOUS BEAM APPERATUS

Exp 1 (Length : 17.5 cm)

Load (Kg) Load (Newton) Bending Moment Reaction Force (N)

(Nm)
0.2 2 0.1 1.2
0.4 4 0.2 2.3
0.6 6 0.3 3.4
0.8 8 0.4 4.7
1.0 10 0.5 5.9

Exp 2 (Length : 47.5 cm)

Load (Kg) Load (Newton) Bending Moment 1 Bending Moment 2 Reaction Force 1 (N) Reaction Force 2 (N)
(Nm) (Nm)

0.2 2 0.1 0.0 1.2 1.6

0.4 4 0.2 0.0 2.3 3.2
0.6 6 0.3 0.0 3.4 4.8
0.8 8 0.4 0.0 4.7 5.9
1.0 10 0.5 0.0 5.9 7.8
 Exp 3 (Length : 77.5 cm)

Load (Kg) Load (Newton) Bending Moment 1 Bending Moment 2 Bending Moment Reaction Reaction Reaction
(Nm) (Nm) 3 Force 1 (N) Force 2 (N) Force 3 (N)
(Nm)
0.2 2 0.1 0.0 1.4 1.7 1.7
0.4 4 0.2 0.0 2.8 2.9 3.4
0.6 6 0.3 0.0 4.0 4.5 4.8
0.8 8 0.4 0.0 5.4 5.4 6.7
1.0 10 0.5 -0.2 6.6 7.5 8.0

Exp 4 (Length : 77.5 cm)

Load (Kg) Load (Newton) Bending Bending Bending Bending Reaction Reaction Reaction Reaction
Moment 1 Moment 2 Moment 3 Moment 4 Force 1 (N) Force 2 (N) Force 3 (N) Force 4 (N)
(Nm) (Nm) (Nm) (Nm)

0.2 2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.2 1.4 1.6 1.8 1.3

0.4 4 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.3 2.7 3.2 3.3 2.4
0.6 6 0.3 0.4 0.0 0.4 3.9 4.5 5.1 3.9
0.8 8 0.4 0.1 0.0 0.5 5.3 5.8 6.7 5.2
1.0 10 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.7 6.7 7.1 8.2 6.4
 EXPERIMENT 1 – BASIC ROOF TRUSS

Applied Load (N) Force in Members (N)

Member 1 Member 2 Member 3
5 3.6 -2.6 3.5
10 7.1 -5.2 7.2
15 10.8 -7.9 10.7
20 14.5 -10.5 14.4
25 18.1 -13.1 18.0
30 21.8 -15.7 21.5

EXPERIMENT 4 – PORTAL FRAME

Horizontal Load (N) Loaded Print Roller

(Dial Gauge) x (0.01mm) Deflection Theoretical Dial Gauge Deflection Theoretical
Deflection Deflection
2 0 14
4 8 33
6 13 68
8 20 131
10 26 176

Width: 25.56 cm

Thickness: 8.44 cm

Load Loaded + Roller

2 20
4 70
6 120
8 175
10 250