BEAMS

AND
SHEAR FORCE & BENDING MOMENT
DIAGRAMS.
Presented By:
G.Suresh
M.Tech
NIT-Tiruchirappalli
Topics Covered

What is Beam? What are main types of Beams?

What are the types of loads applied on to beams?
What is SFD and BMD? Its Importance.
How to draw SFD and BMD?
What is Beam and types of beams

Beam is a structural member of a system having external loading at right angles

to its axis.
Types of beams
According to end supports:

According to cross section:

According to Equilibrium condition: Statistically determinate and statistically

Indeterminate
According to geometry: Straight Beam, Curved Beams and Tapered Beams.
Types of loading on Beams
1. Concentrated or Point load
2. Uniformly distributed load( UDL)
3. Uniformly varying load (UVL)
Triangular loads
Trapezoidal loads
Analysing the Shear Force and Bending Moment
Shear Force: Shear force is the vertical force Moment: It is the product of force and
in the bead acting perpendicular to its axis.
Shear Force Diagram (SFD):
The diagram which shows the variation
of shear force along the length of the
beam is called Shear Force Diagram
(SFD)
perpendicular distance between line of action
Bending Moment (BM): The moment which
causes the bending effect on the beam is
called Bending Moment. It is generally
denoted by M or BM.
Bending Moment Diagram (BMD):
The diagram which shows the variation of
bending moment along the length of the beam
is called Bending Moment Diagram (BMD).
force and the point about which
moment is required to be
calculated.
 Sign convection of SF and BM
Shear Force:
F Bending moment: Its considers as
F sagging and hogging depends upon the
curvature of convexvity.

F
F Sagging Hogging

+ ve shear force - ve shear force

Happy
Beam is +VE Sad Beam
is -VE
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n
Relationship between Load, Shear Force and Bending moment

dM
v It is the relation between shear force and BM
dx
dv It is the relation between intensity of Load and
w shear force
dx
Type of load Between point loads OR Uniformly distributed Uniformly varying load
for no load region load
SFD/BMD
Shear Force Diagram Horizontal line Inclined line Two-degree curve
(Parabola)
Bending Moment Inclined line Two-degree curve Three-degree curve
Diagram (Parabola) (Cubic-parabola)
Points to be Remembered
Point of Contra flexure (POC):
Its the point at which bending moment changes its sign or
the curvature of beam reverse its direction.
Point of inflection(POI):
Its the point at which the bending moment is zero.
Note: All POCs are POIs but all POIs are need not be POCs.
Note: there can be more than 1 point of contra flexure in Bending
moment diagram
SDF and BMD for Simply Supported Beam
SDF and BMD for Cantilever Beam.
Example Problem 1
1.Draw shear force and bending moment diagrams [SFD and BMD] for a simply
supported beam subjected to three point loads as shown in the Fig. given
below.