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3-Span Beam Moment Distibution

E (ksi) I (in^4) E (ksf) I (ft^4)

Span 1: 2 ft 1 1 144 4.8225E-05
Span 2: 2 ft 1 1 144 4.8225E-05
Span 3: 2 ft 1 1 144 4.8225E-05

Fixity: 1 for fixed - 0 for pinned

@ start 0
@ End 0

3-Span
20-Cycle Distribution Results: Sign convention is clockwise moments are positive
span 1 span 2 span 3
0.000000 0.000056 -0.000056 -0.000014 0.000014 0.000000

Joint A B C D
Member AB BA BC CB CD DC
K 0.003 0.003 0.003 0.003 0.003 0.003
DF 1.000 0.429 0.571 0.571 0.429 1.000
COF 0.500 0.000 0.500 0.500 0.000 0.500
FEM 0.0002 0.0002 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
1 -0.0002 -0.0001 0.0000 0.0000
0.0000 -0.0001 0.0000 0.0000
0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
2 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
3 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
4 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
5 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
6 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
7 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
8 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
9 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
10 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
11 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
12 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
13 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
14 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
15 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
16 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
17 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
18 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
19 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
20 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
0.0000 0.0001 -0.0001 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
 ki kj
0.003472 0.002604
0.003472 0.003472
0.002604 0.003472
2-Span Beam Moment Distibution
E (ksi) I (in^4) E (ksf) I (ft^4) ki
Span 1: 10 ft 29 30.8 4176 0.001485 0.620278
Span 2: 10 ft 29 30.8 4176 0.001485 0.465208

Fixity: 1 for fixed - 0 for pinned

@ start 0
@ End 0

2-Span
10-Cycle Distribution Results: Sign convention is clockwise moments are positive
span 1 span 2
0.000 12.500 -12.500 0.000

Joint A B C
Member AB BA BC CB
K 0.620 0.465 0.465 0.620
DF 1.000 0.500 0.500 1.000
COF 0.500 0.000 0.000 0.500
FEM -8.3333 8.3333 -8.3333 8.3333
1 8.33330 4.16665 -4.16665 -8.33330
0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000
2 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000
0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000
3 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000
0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000
4 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000
0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000
5 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000
0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000
6 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000
0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000
7 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000
0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000
8 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000
0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000
9 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000
0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000
10 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000
0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000
0.00000 12.49995 -12.49995 0.00000
 kj
0.465208
0.620278

ments are positive

Point Load:
Span: 10.000 ft
P: 1.000 kips Positive Loads act downward, in -y direction
a: 5.000 ft Distance from left end of beam to load point
b: 5.000 ft

M,left = -1.250 ft-kips Positive Moments are clockwise

M,right = 1.250 ft-kips Positive Moments are clockwise

Point Moment:
Span: 10.000 ft
M: 1.000 ft-kips Positive moments are clockwise
a: 5.000 ft Distance from left end of beam to load point
b: 5.000 ft

M,Left = 0.250 ft-kips Positive Moments are clockwise

M,Right = 0.250 ft-kips Positive Moments are clockwise

Uniform Line Load:

Span: 10.000 ft
w: 1.000 klf Positive Loads act downward, in -y direction
a: 0.000 ft Distance from left end of beam to load start point
b: 10.000 ft Distance from left end of beam to load end point
c: 10.000 ft width of load area

RL,pin = 5.000 kips Pinned Beam Left end Reaction

RR,pin = 5.000 kips Pinned Beam Right end Reaction

Constants of Integration for Pin-Pin:

C1 = 0.00 EIS0 = 41.667 Slope at x=0 for pin-pin bea
C2 = 0.000 EISL = -41.667 Slope at x=L for pin-pin bea
C3 = 50.000
C4 = -41.667 ML,EIS -3.3333 1.6667
C5 = -41.667 MR,EIS 1.6667 -3.3333
C6 = -208.333
C7 = 0.000 M,Left = -8.333 ft-kips
C8 = 0.000 M,Right = 8.333 ft-kips
C9 = 416.667

Variable Line Load:

Span: 2.000 ft Note: w1 and w2 must have the same sign
w1: 0.000 klf Load at left end of load area - Positive Loads act downward, in
w2: 1.000 klf Load at right end of load area - Positive Loads act downward, i
 a: 0.000 ft Distance from left end of beam to load start point
b: 2.000 ft Distance from left end of beam to load end point
c: 2.000 ft width of load area

s= 0.500 slope of load area

x̄ = 1.333 x-centroid of load area
W= 1.000 equivalent point load - area of the load area

RL,pin = 0.3333 kips Pinned Beam Left end Reaction

RR,pin = 0.6667 kips Pinned Beam Right end Reaction

Constants of Integration for Pin-Pin:

C1 = 0.000 EIS0 = 0.156 Slope at x=0 for pin-pin beam
C2 = 0.000 EISL = -0.178 Slope at x=L for pin-pin beam
C3 = 1.333
C4 = -0.156 ML,EIS -0.6667 0.3333 End Moment vs EIS Matrix
C5 = -0.156 MR,EIS 0.3333 -0.6667
C6 = -1.156
C7 = 0.000 M,Left = -0.133 ft-kips Positive Moments are clock
C8 = 0.000 M,Right = 0.200 ft-kips Positive Moments are clock
C9 = 0.533

Imposed End Deflections:

Span: 10 ft E (ksi) I (in^4)
Left End Delta: 0 in 0 ft 1 1
Right End Delta: 3 in 0.25 ft

S = 0.000173611 ft per ft

S0 = -0.00017 Slope at x=0 for pin-pin beam

SL = -0.00017 Slope at x=L for pin-pin beam

ML,S -3.3333 1.6667 End Moment vs EIS Matrix

MR,S 1.6667 -3.3333

M,Left = 0.0001042 ft-kips Positive Moments are clockwise

M,Right = 0.0001042 ft-kips Positive Moments are clockwise
 M,Left = -8.333 ft-kips -8.333333 1
M,Right = 8.333 ft-kips 8.333333 1

load start point

load end point

Slope at x=0 for pin-pin beam

Slope at x=L for pin-pin beam

End Moment vs EIS Matrix

Positive Moments are clockwise

Positive Moments are clockwise

M,Left = -0.133 ft-kips

M,Right = 0.200 ft-kips
itive Loads act downward, in -y direction
sitive Loads act downward, in -y direction
load start point
load end point

=0 for pin-pin beam

=L for pin-pin beam

End Moment vs EIS Matrix

Positive Moments are clockwise

Positive Moments are clockwise

E (ksf) I (ft^4)
144 4.8225E-05
E*I = 0.0069444 K*ft^2

0.0001042
-0.133333 1
0.2 1