Beam length L5

Distance between left hand end a1

of beam and first support

Distance between left hand end

of beam and second support b 2.9 a

Distance between right hand end c L (a + b) = 2.1

of beam and second support

Uniformly distributed load w 10

along beam length
a+b c
w (a + b) wc
2 2
Reaction force at first support R1 = 10.526
b

Reaction force at second support R2 w L R1 = 39.474

Shear Force Function V (x) (w x) R1 (x a) R2 (x (a + b))

x 0 , 0.001 L
 20

16

12

0
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5
-4 V (x) ( )
-8

-12

-16

-20

-24

x ( )

Bending moment function

w x2
M (x) R1 (x a) (x a) R2 (x (a + b)) (x (a + b))
2

22.5

20

17.5

15

12.5

10
M (x) ( )
7.5

2.5

0
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5
-2.5

x ( )

M (1.0 )=5

M (2.9 ) = 22.05
Guess Value xmax_guess 1.5

Point along beam where xmax M , xmax_guess = ?

maximum bending moment
occurs
Maximum Bending Moment Mmax M xmax = ?