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CVNG3002 MMXXIII
STRUCTURAL
ANALYSIS WEEK 8 LECTURE 4

Dr. N. RAMROOP
PhD MSc BSc MASCE MSEI MIABSE MAPETT REng
THE UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES
FACULTY OF ENGINEERING
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING

CVNG3002 MMXXIII MOMENT

DISTRIBUTION
Dr. N. RAMROOP
PhD MSc BSc MASCE MSEI MIABSE MAPETT REng
CVNG 3002- Dr. N. Ramroop Lecture 5– Moment Distribution

In today’s lecture
▪ recap
▪ stiffness-factor modifications
▪ symmetrical beams with symmetrical loading
▪ symmetrical beams with asymmetrical loading
▪ slope deflection vs moment distribution
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recap

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CB
P
w

A B
3𝐸𝐼 3𝐸𝐼 EI EI EI C EI D
𝐾𝐴𝐵 =
K= 𝐿1
𝐿
4𝐸𝐼 L1 L2 L3
𝐾𝐵𝐶 =
4𝐸𝐼 𝐿2
K= 4𝐸𝐼
𝐿 KBC KCD
𝐾𝐶𝐷 =
𝐿3 KBC + KAB KCD + KBC
A KAB
B C D
KAB + KBC
DF 1 DFBA DFBC DFCB DFCD 0
𝐾 KBC
DF =
σ𝐾 KBC + KCD

1ൗ 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑓𝑎𝑟 𝑒𝑛𝑑 𝑓𝑖𝑥𝑒𝑑 𝑚𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑠

𝐶𝑂𝐹 = ൝ 2
0 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑓𝑎𝑟 𝑒𝑛𝑑 𝑝𝑖𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑚𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑠 5
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Fixed-End Moment (FEM)

P 𝑃𝐿
(𝐹𝐸𝑀)𝐴𝐵 =
8
A B
𝑃𝐿
(𝐹𝐸𝑀)𝐵𝐴 =
L/2 L/2 8

w/unit length
B
A

L/2 L/2 5𝑤𝐿2

(𝐹𝐸𝑀)𝐴𝐵 =
64

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4EI
K= 𝐾𝐴𝐵
L K
DF = 𝐾𝐴𝐵 + 𝐾𝐵𝐶
σ𝐾

Member
Stiffnesses

Distribution
3EI Factors
K= FEM
L Sheet
Fixed End
Moments Balance
the
moment

Distribute Sum of
the moments
with
Moments inverse
Sign by
the DF

Carry Total
Over Sum of
moment

CONCEPT MAP
s

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stiffness-factor modifications

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+ ෍ 𝑀𝐶 ′ = 0
𝑀 𝐿
−𝑉𝐵′ 𝐿 + 𝐿 =0
P P 𝐸𝐼 2
𝜃 𝜃 𝑀𝐿
A
B C D 𝑉𝐵′ = 𝜃 =
2𝐸𝐼
𝑀 𝑜𝑟
2𝐸𝐼
𝑀= 𝜃
𝐸𝐼 = 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝐿
L’ L L’

𝐿ൗ 𝐿ൗ
2 2
𝑉𝐵′ 𝑉𝐶 ′
B’ C’
∴ 𝑠𝑢𝑏 𝜃 = 1 𝑟𝑎𝑑

2𝐸𝐼
𝑀 𝐾=
𝑀 𝐸𝐼 𝐿
𝐿 9
𝐸𝐼
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+ ෍ 𝑀𝐶 ′ = 0

1 𝑀 𝐿 5𝐿 1 𝑀 𝐿 𝐿
P 𝐸𝐼 = 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑡 −𝑉𝐵′ 𝐿 + −
2 𝐸𝐼 2 6 2 𝐸𝐼 2 6
=0 𝑀𝐿
B 𝜃 C D
A 𝑉𝐵′ = 𝜃 =
𝜃 6𝐸𝐼
𝑜𝑟 6𝐸𝐼
P 𝑀= 𝜃
𝐿
L’ L L’
1 𝑀 𝐿 1 ∴ 𝑠𝑢𝑏 𝜃 = 1 𝑟𝑎𝑑
× × 𝐿 𝑀
6
𝐿ൗ 2 𝐸𝐼 2 𝐸𝐼
𝑉 2
𝐵′
B’ 6𝐸𝐼
𝑉𝐶 ′ 𝐾=
C’ 𝐿
𝑀
5
𝐸𝐼 1 𝑀 𝐿
𝐿
6
× × 10
2 𝐸𝐼 2
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2𝐸𝐼
𝐾=
𝐿

6𝐸𝐼
𝐾=
𝐿

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application of the theorem

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Example 1

4 k/ft

A D
B C

15 ft 20 ft 15 ft

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Solution A
B
4 k/ft

C
D

15 ft 20 ft 15 ft

3𝐸𝐼 3𝐸𝐼
𝐾𝐴𝐵 = = JOINT B
𝐿𝐴𝐵 15 A

2𝐸𝐼 MEM AB BA BC 𝑀𝐴𝐵 = 𝑀𝐷𝐶 = 0

2𝐸𝐼
𝐾𝐵𝐶 = = 𝑀𝐵𝐴 = 𝑀𝐶𝐷 = 108.9 𝑘𝑓𝑡
𝐿𝐵𝐶 20 DF 1 0.667 0.333
FEM 60 -133.3 𝑀𝐵𝐶 = 𝑀𝐶𝐵 = −108.9 𝑘𝑓𝑡
DIST 48.9 24.4
𝐷𝐹𝐴𝐵 = 1 ∑ 0 108.9 -108.9 [k-ft]
3𝐸𝐼ൗ
𝐷𝐹𝐵𝐴 = 15 = 0.667
3𝐸𝐼ൗ + 2𝐸𝐼ൗ 𝑤𝐿2 4(15)2
15 20 𝐹𝐸𝑀𝐵𝐴 = = = 60 𝑘 ∙ 𝑓𝑡
15 15
2𝐸𝐼ൗ
20
𝐷𝐹𝐵𝐶 =
3𝐸𝐼ൗ + 2𝐸𝐼ൗ
= 0.333 𝑤𝐿2 4(20)2
𝐹𝐸𝑀𝐵𝐶 =− =− = −133.3 𝑘 ∙ 𝑓𝑡
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Example 2

12 kN/m 12 kN/m

A B C D

4m 6m 4m

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Solution 12 kN/m 12 kN/m

B C D
A

4m 6m 4m

3𝐸𝐼 3𝐸𝐼
𝐾𝐴𝐵 = = JOINT B
𝐿𝐴𝐵 4 A

2𝐸𝐼 MEM AB BA BC 𝑀𝐴𝐵 = 𝑀𝐷𝐶 = 0

𝐸𝐼
𝐾𝐵𝐶 = = 1 0.693 0.307 𝑀𝐵𝐴 = −𝑀𝐶𝐷 = 7.38 𝑘𝑁𝑚
𝐿𝐵𝐶 3 DF
FEM 24 𝑀𝐵𝐶 = −𝑀𝐶𝐵 = −7.38𝑘𝑁𝑚
DIST -16.62 -7.38
𝐷𝐹𝐴𝐵 = 1 ∑ 0 7.38 -7.38 [kNm]
3𝐸𝐼Τ
4
𝐷𝐹𝐵𝐴 = 3𝐸𝐼Τ +𝐸𝐼Τ = 0.693
4 3 𝑤𝐿2 12(4)2
𝐹𝐸𝑀𝐵𝐴 = = = 24 𝑘𝑁𝑚
8 8
𝐸𝐼ൗ
𝐷𝐹𝐵𝐶 = 3 = 0.307
3𝐸𝐼ൗ + 𝐸𝐼ൗ 𝐹𝐸𝑀𝐴𝐵 = 𝐹𝐸𝑀𝐵𝐶 == 0
4 3
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Try this now…

12 kN/m

A D
B C

12 kN/m
4m 4m 4m

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12 kN/m
Solution A
B C
D

12 kN/m
4m 4m 4m

3𝐸𝐼 3𝐸𝐼
𝐾𝐴𝐵 = = JOINT B
𝐿𝐴𝐵 4 A

6𝐸𝐼 MEM AB BA BC 𝑀𝐴𝐵 = 𝑀𝐷𝐶 = 0

3𝐸𝐼
𝐾𝐵𝐶 = = 𝑀𝐵𝐴 = −𝑀𝐶𝐷 = 16 𝑘𝑁𝑚
𝐿𝐵𝐶 2 DF 1 1/3 2/3
FEM 24 0 𝑀𝐵𝐶 = −𝑀𝐶𝐵 = −16 𝑘𝑁𝑚
DIST -8 -16
𝐷𝐹𝐴𝐵 = 1 ∑ 0 16 -16 [kNm]
3𝐸𝐼ൗ 1
𝐷𝐹𝐵𝐴 = 4 =
3𝐸𝐼ൗ + 3𝐸𝐼ൗ 3 𝑤𝐿2 12(4)2
4 2 𝐹𝐸𝑀𝐵𝐴 = = = 24 𝑘𝑁𝑚
8 8
3𝐸𝐼ൗ 2
𝐷𝐹𝐵𝐶 = 2 =
3𝐸𝐼ൗ + 3𝐸𝐼ൗ 𝐹𝐸𝑀𝐵𝐶 = 0 = 𝐹𝐸𝑀𝐴𝐵
3
4 2
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slope deflection vs moment distribution

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Slope deflection VS Moment distribution

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END OF LECTURE
topic summary
i. Solve member moments in statically indeterminate beams
ii. Solve member moments in statically indeterminate frames without side-sway
iii. Identify differences between slope deflection & moment distribution
iv. Derive the stiffness factors
v. Derive the carry-over factor

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