CONTINUOUS BEAM CALCU

THREE MOMENT EQUATION MET

MOMENT DISTRIBUTION METHOD (FIXED

SPAN #1

Note: Input GIVEN DATA on YELLOW boxes ONLY!

Beam Data:
Units:
No. Spans, N =

Span Data: Units Span #1

Span, L = meter
Modulus, E GPa
Inertia, I = mm^4
Support #1
Settlement, h = mm

Loadings:

DISTRIBUTED LOAD (a=0

L
Load Number
meter
1

DISTRIBUTED LOAD (a=x1

Start
Load Number a
meter
1
 INCREASING TRIANGULAR

L
Load Number
meter
1

DECREASING TRIANGULA

L
Load Number
meter
1

ISOSCELES TRIANGULAR

L
Load Number
meter
1

POINT LOAD

a
Load Number
meter
1
L

Load
Number
1

Load
Number
1
 Load
Number
1

Load
Number
1

Load
Number
1

Load
Number
1

TOTAL LOAD PER SPAN

Span #1
6Aa/L #DIV/0!
6Ab/L #DIV/0!

SUMMARY OF ANSWERS
METRIC
M1 0 kN-m
M2 #DIV/0! kN-m
M3 0 kN-m
R1 #DIV/0! kN
R2 #DIV/0! kN
R3 #DIV/0! kN
 METRIC
Joint
Member
K
DF
FEM

DIST

CO
SUM
TINUOUS BEAM CALCULATOR
THREE MOMENT EQUATION METHOD THREE MO
T DISTRIBUTION METHOD (FIXED BOTH ENDS) Summary of R
Support Moments:
M1 =
M2 =
M3 =

SPAN #2

MOMENT DISTRIBU
Summary of R
B C
Support Moments:

N DATA on YELLOW boxes ONLY!!

Metric
2

Span #1 Span #2 Span

3.00
0.00
1.00
Support #1 Support #2 Support #3

DISTRIBUTED LOAD (a=0, b=L)

L W L W L
meter kN/m meter kN/m meter
3.0000

DISTRIBUTED LOAD (a=x1, b=x2)

w1
Start End Start End Start
a
w1 b w2 a w1 b w2 a
kN/m meter kN/m meter kN/m meter kN/m meter
1.0000
INCREASING TRIANGULAR LOAD

L W L W L
meter kN/m meter kN/m meter
3.0000

DECREASING TRIANGULAR LOAD

W
L W L W L
meter kN/m meter kN/m meter
3.0000

ISOSCELES TRIANGULAR LOAD

L W L W L
meter kN/m meter kN/m meter
3.0000

POINT LOAD

a P a P aa
meter kN meter kN meter

CALCULATIONS
Three Moment Equation

POINT LOAD
6Aa/L 6Ab/L
Span #1 Span #2 Span #3 Span #4 Span #1 Span #2 Span #3 Span #4
#DIV/0! #DIV/0! 0 0 #DIV/0! #DIV/0! 0 0

DISTRIBUTED LOAD (a=0, b=L)

6Aa/L 6Ab/L
Span #1 Span #2 Span #3 Span #4 Span #1 Span #2 Span #3 Span #4
0 0 20.25 162 0 0 20.25 162
 DISTRIBUTED LOAD (a=x1, b=x2)
6Aa/L 6Ab/L
Span #1 Span #2 Span #3 Span #4 Span #1 Span #2 Span #3 Span #4
#DIV/0! #DIV/0! 64 0 #DIV/0! #DIV/0! 56 0

INCREASING TRIANGULAR LOAD

6Aa/L 6Ab/L
Span #1 Span #2 Span #3 Span #4 Span #1 Span #2 Span #3 Span #4
0 0 10.8 86.4 0 0 9.45 75.6

DECREASING TRIANGULAR LOAD

6Aa/L 6Ab/L
Span #1 Span #2 Span #3 Span #4 Span #1 Span #2 Span #3 Span #4
0 0 9.45 75.6 0 0 10.8 86.4

ISOSCELES TRIANGULAR LOAD

6Aa/L 6Ab/L
Span #1 Span #2 Span #3 Span #4 Span #1 Span #2 Span #3 Span #4
0 0 33.75 270 0 0 33.75 270

CONVERSION
TOTAL LOAD PER SPAN Metric
Span #2 Span #3 Span #4 Span #1 Span #2
#DIV/0! 138.25 594 E ,Gpa to kN/m2 0 0
#DIV/0! 130.25 594 I, mm4 to m4 0 0

SI
Span #1 Span #2
SUMMARY OF ANSWERS E, ksi to kip/ft2 0 0
SI I, in4 to ft4 0 0
0 kip-ft
#DIV/0! kip-ft
0 kip-ft Supp #1 Supp #2
#DIV/0! kip mm to m 0 0
#DIV/0! kip in to ft 0 0
#DIV/0! kip

Moment Distribution Method

 Span #1 Span #2
Load Type Member AB Units Member BC
FEM (Left)FEM (Right) FEM (Left) FEM (Right)
distributed load (a=0, b=L) 0 0 0 0
distributed load (a=x1, b=x2) #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
increasing triangular load 0 0 0 0
decreasing triangular load 0 0 0 0
isosceles triangular load 0 0 0 0
point load #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
TOTAL: #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!

METRIC SI
A B C Joint A B
AB BA BC CB Member AB BA
#DIV/0! #DIV/0! K #DIV/0!
0 #DIV/0! #DIV/0! 0 DF 0 #DIV/0!
#DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! FEM #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
#DIV/0! #DIV/0!
DIST
#DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
#DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! CO #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
#DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! SUM #DIV/0! #DIV/0!

SUMMARY OF ANSWERS
METRIC SI
MAB #DIV/0! kN-m #DIV/0! kip-ft
MBA #DIV/0! kN-m #DIV/0! kip-ft
MBC #DIV/0! kN-m #DIV/0! kip-ft
MCB #DIV/0! kN-m #DIV/0! kip-ft
 Information for Input Data:
No. of Spans:
ANSWERS Beam Types:

THREE MOMENT EQUATION METHOD

Summary of Results for the 2-Span Beam: units:
upport Moments: Support Reactions:
0.000 kN-m R1 = #DIV/0! kN L units:
#DIV/0! kN-m R2 = #DIV/0! kN
0.000 kN-m R3 = #DIV/0! kN I units:

Reaction Loads:
MOMENT DISTRIBUTION METHOD (FIXED BOTH ENDS)
Summary of Results for the 2-Span Beam: Moment Loads:
upport Moments:
MAB = #DIV/0! kN-m Load Types:
MBA = #DIV/0! kN-m
MBC = #DIV/0! kN-m
MCB = #DIV/0! kN-m

Span #3 Span #4
3.00 6.00
0.00 0.00
1.00 1.00
Support #4 Support #5

W
L W L W
meter kN/m meter kN/m
L
3.0000 3.0000 6.0000 3.0000

w1 w2
Start End Start End
a b
w1 b w2 a w1 b w2
kN/m L meter kN/m meter kN/m meter kN/m
12.0000 3.0000 24.0000
 W

L W L W
meter L kN/m meter kN/m
3.0000 3.0000 6.0000 3.0000

L W L W
meter kN/m meter kN/m
3.0000 L 3.0000 6.0000 3.0000

L W L W
meter kN/m meter kN/m
L
3.0000 3.0000 6.0000 3.0000

aa P a P
meter kN meter kN
 1 2 3 4
a 0.0000 0.0000 1.0000 0.0000
b 0.0000 0.0000 2.0000 6.0000
c 0.0000 0.0000 3.0000 0.0000
d 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 6.0000

Supp #12
VERSION
Metric Supp #6
Span #3 Span #4
0 0
1E-12 1E-12

SI
Span #3 Span #4
0 0
4.8225309E-05 4.8225309E-05

Supp #3 Supp #4 Supp #5

0 0 0
0 0 0
 Span #2
Units
EM (Right)

SI
B C
BC CB
#DIV/0!
#DIV/0! 0
#DIV/0! #DIV/0!
#DIV/0!
#DIV/0! #DIV/0!
#DIV/0! #DIV/0!
#DIV/0! #DIV/0!