MUFULIRA COLLEGE OF EDUCATION

PHY221 ASSIGNMENT 3 (PROPERTIES OF MATTER)

1. For the cantilever beam subject to the uniformly distributed load of w N/m of length, as shown below
in figure 1(a)

Figure 1
Write equations for the shearing force and bending moment at any point along the length of the bar.
Also sketch the shearing force and bending moment diagrams.
2. Consider a simply supported beam 4 m long and subjected to a uniformly distributed vertical load of
1600 N/m, as shown in Fig. 2(a). Draw shearing force and bending moment diagrams.

Figure 2

3. The beam AC is simply supported at A and C and subject to the uniformly distributed load of 300 N/m
plus the couple of magnitude 2700 N ⋅m as shown in Fig.3. Write equations for shearing force and
bending moment and make sketches of these equations.

Figure 3

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