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Example Below - It Will Make Sense Eventually!) - Influence Lines Can Be Obtained For Bending Moments

Influence lines show the effect of a moving load on the bending moment, shear force, or reaction at a specific point on a structure. An influence line for bending moment at a point gives the moment value caused by a load placed at different positions along the structure. While a bending moment diagram shows moments for one load position, influence lines indicate the moment effect of a load placed anywhere. The provided example spreadsheet calculates influence lines for bending moments at critical points on single or continuous span beams.

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Example Below - It Will Make Sense Eventually!) - Influence Lines Can Be Obtained For Bending Moments

Influence lines show the effect of a moving load on the bending moment, shear force, or reaction at a specific point on a structure. An influence line for bending moment at a point gives the moment value caused by a load placed at different positions along the structure. While a bending moment diagram shows moments for one load position, influence lines indicate the moment effect of a load placed anywhere. The provided example spreadsheet calculates influence lines for bending moments at critical points on single or continuous span beams.

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Influence Lines

A bending moment influence line for any given point X on a structure is a line whose ordinate at any point B qives the bending moment at X when a load is placed at B (keep reading it and look at the example below - it will make sense eventually!). Influence lines can be obtained for bending moments, shear forces and reactions. A bending moment influence line is drawn for one point only which may not necessarily be the point of maximum bending. A bending moment diagram, by comparison with a influence line, will give the bending moment at all points for one position of load.

Example - Simply Supported Single Span

There is an Excel spreadsheet called InfLine which you can download from the Design Spreadsheets web page. The proforma calculates bending moment influence lines for single span or multispan continuous line beams at critical sections.

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