Shear & Moment in Beams Sample Problem:

DEFINITION OF A BEAM A cantilever beam is fixed at the left end and free at the right end has
a length of 6 m. It carries a concentrated couple of 10 KN-m acting at
A beam is a bar subject to forces or couples that lie in a plane 1 m from the left end and a uniformly distributed load of 5 KN/m at a
containing the longitudinal of the bar. According to determinacy, a length of 3 m starting at 3 m from the left end.
beam may be determinate or indeterminate. 1 Which of the following most nearly gives the moment reaction at
the support?
A. 87.5kN-m B. 67.5kN-m
STATICALLY DETERMINATE BEAMS C. 57.5kN-m D.47.5kN-m
Statically determinate beams are those beams in which the reactions
of the supports may be determined by the use of the equations of 2. Which of the following most nearly gives the shear at 3 m from the
static equilibrium. The beams shown below are examples of statically left end?
determinate beams. A. 10kN B. 15kN
C. 17.5kN D.20.5kN
3. Which of the following most nearly gives the moment at 3 m from
the left end?
A. 17.5kN-m B. 19.5kN-m
C. 28.5kN-m D.22.5kN-m
A beam 26 m long is simply supported by a roller at the left support
and a hinge at the right support. It carries a concentrated load of 500
kN, 5 m from the left end; a clockwise moment of 800 kN-m at
midspan; and a uniformly distributed load of 50 kN/m over the entire
10 m segment from the right support.
4. Which of the following most nearly gives the reaction at the left
support?
A. 469.23kN B. 500.50kN
C. 530.77kN D.570.49kN
5. Which of the following most nearly gives the maximum shear?
A. 469.23kN B. 500.50kN
C. 530.77kN D.570.49kN
1 Which of the following most nearly gives the maximum
moment?
A. 2100kN-m B. 2346.51kN-m
C. 2607.69kN-m D.2900N-m
7. A simple beam has a span of 5 m. The maximum moment in the
beam is 69 kN-m. The allowable bending stress is 138 MPa.
TYPES OF LOADING Compute the required section modulus.
A. 50x103 mm3 B. 5000x103 mm3
Loads applied to the beam may consist of a concentrated load (load C. 500x103 mm3 D.50000x103 mm3
applied at a point), uniform load, uniformly varying load, or an 8. A rectangular steel bar, 15 mm wide by 30 mm high and 6 m long,
applied couple or moment. These loads are shown in the following is simply supported at its ends. If the density of steel is 7850 kg/m3,
figures. determine the maximum bending stress caused by the weight of the
bar.
A 155.98MPa B. 69.31MPa
C. 123.45MPa D.98.71MPa
A cantilever beam 6-m long carries a load that varies uniformly from
1000 N/m at the free end to zero at the fixed end. The beam section
is 60 mm wide and 200 mm high.
1. Which of the following most nearly gives the maximum bending
stress?
A 20MPa B. 30MPa
C. 40MPa D.50MPa
10. Which of the following most nearly gives the bending moment at
a section 2.4 m from the fixed end?
A. -2496N-m B. -5184N-m
C. +2496N-m D.+5184N-m
11 A uniform beam 12 meters long is fixed at one end. It has a
uniform weight of 50 kg/m along its length. A load of 20 kgs.
Shear and Moment Diagrams is suspended on the beam 4 m from the free end. The moment at the
fixed end is
A. 3760kg-m B. 4800kg-m
C. 3770kg-m D.3890kg-m

12 A simply supported beam, 10m long carries a uniform distributed

load of 20kN/m. what is the value of the maximum moment of the
beam due to the load?
A. 10,000kN-m B. 5,000kN-m
The following are some important properties of shear and moment C. 2,000kN-m D.250kN-m
diagrams: 13 A beam supports a distributed load as shown, find the shear force
1. The area of the shear diagram to the left or to the right of the at x=2m from the left end
section is equal to the moment at that section.
2. The slope of the moment diagram at a given point is the shear
at that point.
3. The slope of the shear diagram at a given point equals the load
at that point.
4. The maximum moment occurs at the point of zero shears. This
is in reference to property number 2, that when the shear (also
the slope of the moment diagram) is zero, the tangent drawn to
the moment diagram is horizontal.
5. When the shear diagram is increasing, the moment diagram is A. 11kN B. 12kN
concave upward. C. 13kN D.14kN
6. When the shear diagram is decreasing, the moment diagram is 14 the cantilever beam shown is loaded by three concentrated
concave downward. forces, what is the maximum shear force in the beam

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 A. 1kN B. 2kN
C. 3kN D.5kN
15 What is most nearly the maximum allowable load F on the
cantilever? The maximum compressive stress is 7000kPa, and the
maximum tensile stress is 5500kPa. The moment of inertia about
centroidal axis INAis 20.6x106 mm4

A. 540kN B. 600kN
C. 610kN D.640kN
16 A simply supported beam with the cross section shown supports
a concentrated load, F=10kN, at its center C. what is the most nearly
the maximum bending stress in the beam?

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