DEPARTMENT OF AEROSPACE ENGINEERING, METU AE-362 AEROSPACE STRUCTURES, SPRING 2012

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AE 362 HOMEWORK 1
Altan KAYRAN and M.Burak SAYAR
Middle East Technical University

Due date: 26.03.2012

QUESTION 1
Consider a simply supported beam of length L with an overhang length L/2. The rst portion of the beam is subjected to a uniform loading po . Determine the deection and rotation at point T as indicated in the gure below by the unit load method. State whether the deection is upwards or downwards, and whether the rotation of point T is clockwise or counterclockwise.

Note: Beam bending stiness is EI, consider bending strain energy only. Use the following sign convention for the external loads and deformations: Positive up for the external loads and deection, positive counterclockwise for the rotation

QUESTION 2
Determine the slope solution of the beam at the application point of P. Use Unit Load Method and check your result with the Deections and Slopes of Beams tables given in the appendices of mechanics of materials book.

a L

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Aerospace Engineering Department, Email: akayran@metu.edu.tr Aerospace Engineering Department, Email: bsayar@ae.metu.edu.tr

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QUESTION 3
Determine the reaction forces by using the Castiglianos 2nd Theorem.

a L
Note: Beam bending stiness is EI, consider bending strain energy only.

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