Question on combining loads
Question on combining loads
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Hey Folks. I'm an architectural intern with a question that seems like it should be very simple and should have an answer readily available on the interwebs or in one of my structures books, but I cant seem to find it.
I am trying to combine uniformly distributed loads and point loads to design for deflection. Some people have recommended that a uniform load equivalent to the point load should just be added to the original uniform load, but that does not seem adequately accurate to me and would result in oversized structural members. I know that you can't simply add the deflections that you get from doing the standard equations for both of them together. Any help would be much appreciated.
Thanks,
Noah
I am trying to combine uniformly distributed loads and point loads to design for deflection. Some people have recommended that a uniform load equivalent to the point load should just be added to the original uniform load, but that does not seem adequately accurate to me and would result in oversized structural members. I know that you can't simply add the deflections that you get from doing the standard equations for both of them together. Any help would be much appreciated.
Thanks,
Noah






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page 16 of this link its gives an example.
http://www.freestudy.co.uk/statics/beams/beam%20tu...
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Isnt this the same thing?
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OR i think that is what he meant...?
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