Department of Civil Engineering

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY CALICUT

Monsoon Semester 2013
Assignment 3Shear Force and Bending Moment
CE2001 MECHANICS OF SOLIDS
Note: (i) S is your class serial number

1. For the simply supported beam shown in Fig. 1, calculate the support reactions, find the shear
force and bending moment equations, and sketch the shear force and bending moment diagrams
indicating all salient points. Given: a = (2.5 + S/20) m.

(12 + S/5) kN 1 kN/m 3 kN/m C

(14 + S/8) kNm
A B A

B
a 2m 4m 2m 2m 4m (4.9 + S/10)m

Figure 1 Figure 2
2. Draw the shear force and bending moment diagrams of the beam shown in Fig. 2. Note that there
is an internal hinge at point B.
3. Draw the shear force and bending moment diagrams for the plane frame depicted in Fig.3.
10 kN

2m
3m (30 + S/10)
3 kN 15
8m 10m
2 kN/m 8m 3m 2m 4m 6m x

V (kN) 15

(4.8 + S/10)m

Figure 3 Figure 4
4. Given the shear force diagram in Fig. 4, draw the corresponding loading diagram for the simply
supported beam of span 10 m with a 2m overhang at the right. A couple moment of M kNm is
known to act at the free right end. Draw the bending moment diagram also. The beam has a total
length of 10m.