SUPPORT REACTIONS

BY
GP CAPT NC CHATTOPADHYAY
 NEED FOR SUPPORT

 THE LOAD CARRYING STRUCTURES

NEED SUPPORTS TO AVOID
-DEFORMATION
-BENDING
-INSTABILITY
 Types of loads
 Several types of loads can act on beams, such as concentrated loads,
distributed loads, varying loads and couples.

 Concentrated loads are idealized from loads applied on a very small area.
Magnitudes are known .

 Distributed loads are spread along the axes of beams. For example, the
weight of the beam can be assumed as a distributed force.
 Distributed loads are converted into equivalent forces to make the solution
process easier. For vertical loads, the equivalent force is through the
centroid of the distributed load. Thus, if the distributed load is a basic
shape, the centroid is easy to determine without integration.

 Couples are moments applied on the beam. Do not contribute to force .

 Uniform varying Load

In this case the load varies uniformly along the length (gradual increase,
gradual decrease)
POINT LOAD
 UDL

Length =l =L
Length
UNIFORMLY VARYING LOAD
COMBINED UDL AND UVL

W= 1500N/m

=
TYPES OF SUPPORT

SUPPORTS

SIMPLE ROLLER HINGED

•2 (USUALLY ONE) HINGED

SUPPORTS
• 2 OR MORE • 2 (USUALLY ONE)
VERTICAL ROLLER SUPPORTS
• SUPPORTS TAKE VERTICAL AND
SUPPORTS HORI…LOAD
• SUPPORTS ALLOW
• JUST PIVOTS FREE EXPANSION
• USUALLY DESIGNED WITH A
•TAKES ONLY ROLLER SUPPORT FOR FREE
VERTICAL LOADS •TAKES VERTICAL
EXPANSION OF ONE END
LOADS NORMAL TO
ROLLER PLANE
• VERTICAL AND HORI… LOADS
DETERMINE REACTION AND LINE
OF ACTION
SIMPLE SUPPORT
ROLLER SUPPORT

LOCATION OF
ROLLER BEARING
TO SUPPORT JET
ENGINE ROTOR
HINGED SUPPORT

KNEE
 COMBINED SUPPORT

DISTRITIBUTED LOAD = w

HINGED SUPPORT ROLLER SUPPORT

I THINK…. I CAN THINK….
 Calculate the support reactions


Solution:
First change UDL in to point load.
Resolved all the forces in horizontal and vertical direction. Since roller at B (only one
vertical reaction) and hinged at point B (one vertical and one horizontal reaction).
Let reaction at hinged i.e., point B is RBH and RBV, and reaction at roller support i.e. point
D is RDV Let ΣH & ΣV is the sum of horizontal and vertical component of the forces ,The
supported beam is in equilibrium, hence
ΣH = ΣV = 0
RH = RBH = 0
RBH = 0 ...(i)
ΣV = RBV –50 –5 – RDV = 0
RBV + RDV = 55 ...(ii)
Taking moment about point B
50 × 0.5 – RBV × 0 – RDV × 5 + 5 × 7 = 0
RDV =12 KN .......ANS
Putting the value of RBV in equation (ii)
RBV = 43KN .......ANS
Hence RBH = 0, RDV = 12KN, RBV = 43KN
 NUMERICAL

 A 9m long beam ABCD is supported

on a hinge at ‘A’ and a roller support
at an angle of 45o at ‘D’. The beam
has a clockwise moment of 9 kNm at
‘B’ and a point load of 6 kN at ’C’. If
the points are equidistant, find the
support reactions.