6.3 Mohr’s method The method is based on differential relations with respect to a beam since successive integration of a load function gives shear force, bending moment, rotation and deflection. A conjugate beam will be loaded by a moment diagram of an original beam. The boundary conditions on a conjugate beam are derived from the equality of shear forces on the original beam with rotations on the conjugate beam and on the equality of bending moments on the original beam with deflections on the conjugate beam. It means that: “Ar the point where the shear force on the original beam equals zero the rotation on the conjugate beam must be also zero and vice versa. “+ At the point where the bending moment on the original beam equals zero the deflection on the conjugate beam must be also zero and vice versa.F Original beam Figure 6.10: A conjugate beam or Mohr's methodDiagrams of shear forces and bending moments on the conjugate beam or better, their values at chosen points, are El-times the values of rotations and displacements on the original beam. Therefore, the calculated value is reduced by EJ to get a real value of rotation or displacement at that point. Mohr’s method will mostly be used for the calculation of maximum values of deformation as from the example above, the reaction Q4c on the conjugate beam represents the maximum rotation and the clamping moment Mc represents the maximum deflection.Original beam age ne ="G {~~ [Qd-E19 ag Mac="s [—_=_ [Mc]=Ely Figure 6.11: Deflection of a cantilever beam with a uniform load(6.20) (6.21)Original beam Figure 6.12: Mohr’s method in a simple beamCalculate the maximum deflection of a simple beam loaded by a uniform load (Figure 6.12). From symmetry it is clear that the maximum deflection is in the middle of the beam therefore a bending moment on the conjugate beam at that point will be calculated, The total substitution force is: therefore the reaction at the support equals. -B 4 Y= sc" Since the reactions are known and they equal shear forces at the supports, their values reduced by EI, represents the rotation at those points: 3 we Pa 34 EI 8 24 To find the deflection we need to calculate bending moments in the middle of the span: M _ at (1_3)_ qh (8-3\_ Sql! xc = > I> Ta, I> 2 16) 24 \ 16) 384 ‘The maximum deflection is the value of the bending moment in the middle reduced by the bending stiffness ET: Sqlh El S84EI