Lesson Friday September 12th

Lesson Friday September 12th#

During today’s lesson you’ll work on a complex exercise on the topic of Mechanisms and Virtual work. Please ask your questions regarding the homework as well!

Exercise Mechanisms and virtual work#

Given the following structure.

../../_images/struc1.svg
  1. Find the vertical support reaction in \(\rm{C}\)

  2. Find the bending moment in \(\rm{E}\)

  3. Find the shear force just right of \(\rm{B}\)

../../_images/struc2.svg
  1. Find the vertical support reaction in \(\rm{B}\)

  2. Find the bending moment in \(\rm{D}\)

  3. Find the shear force just right of \(\rm{S}_1\)

../../_images/struc3.svg
  1. Find the bending moment just above \(\rm{C}\)

  2. Find the bending moment just below \(\rm{C}\)