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Distributed Load

This document discusses how to reduce a simple distributed loading to an equivalent single force called the resultant force. It explains that a distributed loading over a surface can be represented by a pressure function and integrated to find the magnitude and location of the resultant force. The magnitude is equal to the total area under the loading diagram and the location is found by calculating the centroid of the area. Several examples are then provided to demonstrate how to determine the resultant force for different types of distributed loadings on beams.

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Distributed Load

This document discusses how to reduce a simple distributed loading to an equivalent single force called the resultant force. It explains that a distributed loading over a surface can be represented by a pressure function and integrated to find the magnitude and location of the resultant force. The magnitude is equal to the total area under the loading diagram and the location is found by calculating the centroid of the area. Several examples are then provided to demonstrate how to determine the resultant force for different types of distributed loadings on beams.

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Force System

Resultants
PART 3
Reduction of a Simple Distributed Loading
Sometimes,
  a body may be subjected to a loading that is distributed over its surface. For example, the pressure of
the wind on the face of a sign, the pressure of water within a tank, or the weight of sand on the floor of a storage
container, are all distributed loadings. The pressure exerted at each point on the surface indicates the intensity of
the loading. It is measured using pascals Pa (or N/ ) in SI units or (lb/ ) in the U.S. Customary system.
Uniform Loading Along a Single Axis.

 The most common type of distributed loading


encountered in engineering practice is generally
uniform along a single axis.* For example,
consider the beam (or plate) in Fig. 4–48a that has
a constant width and is subjected to a pressure
loading that varies only along the x axis. This
loading can be described by the function p = p(x)
N/ . It contains only one variable x, and for this
reason, we can also represent it as a coplanar
distributed load. To do so, we multiply the loading
function by the width b m of the beam, so that
w(x) = p(x)b N/m, Fig. 4-48b. We can replace this
coplanar parallel force system with a single
equivalent resultant force FR acting at a specific
location on the beam, Fig. 4–48c
Magnitude of Resultant Force

The magnitude of FR is equivalent to the sum of all the forces in the system. In this case integration must
be used since there is an infinite number of parallel forces dF acting on the beam, Fig. 4–48b. Since dF is
acting on an element of length dx, and w(x) is a force per unit length, then dF = w(x) dx = dA. In other
words, the magnitude of dF is determined from the colored differential area dA under the loading curve.
For the entire length L,

Therefore, the magnitude of the resultant force is equal to the total area A under the loading
diagram, Fig. 4–48c.
Location of Resultant Force

 the location of the line of action of FR can be determined by equating the moments of the force
resultant and the parallel force distribution about point O (the y axis). Since dF produces a moment of
x dF = xw(x) dx about O, Fig. 4–48b, then for the entire length, Fig. 4–48c,
The beam supporting this stack of lumber is
subjected to a uniform loading of W0. The
resultant force is therefore equal to the area under
the loading diagram FR = W0b. It acts trough the
centroid or geometric center of this area, b/2
from the support.
Example 01
Determine the magnitude and location of the equivalent resultant force acting on the shaft in
Fig. 4–49a.
Example 02
A distributed loading of p = (800x) Pa acts over the top surface of the beam shown in Fig. 4–50a.
Determine the magnitude and location of the equivalent resultant force.
Example 03
The granular material exerts the distributed loading on the beam as shown in Fig. 4–51a. Determine the
magnitude and location of the equivalent resultant of this load.
Example 04
Determine the resultant force and specify where it acts on the beam measured from A.
Example 05
Determine the resultant force and specify where it acts on the beam measured from A.

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