non uniform load over continuous spans
non uniform load over continuous spans
(OP)
Just wanted to pick the brains of my fellow engineers out there. In your experience how have you gone about calculating shear/moment/deflection on a continuously supported member with a non-uniform (triangular) load. Obviously there is the easy answer of you can take the average and turn it into a uniform load and then use the moment and shear coefficeints from AISC. Or, there is the option of plugging and chugging in a computer (not a fan). Just curious of others' approach to this. Thanks to everyone who contributes on here.






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BA
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I try to solve a couple of these by hand periodically. I aspire to be as good as the slide-rule era folks someday (to include the participant on this board that uses that moniker). And don't tell anyone but I still write with cursive.
But remember, the SR-71 was designed with a slide rule and the Osprey and F-35 debacles were designed with computers. Something to think about, to hopefully keep us humble...
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for my money, BA's simple solution would mean using the peak as a UDL ... clearly conservative.
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Mike McCann
MMC Engineering
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VF22 shows that enough time and money can overcome all obstacles ...
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Lots of triangles in that!!!