Incorrect Static Indeterminancy?
Incorrect Static Indeterminancy?
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While attempting to refamiliarize myself with the fundamentals I found this document online for understanding the conjugate beam method.
http://comp.uark.edu/~icjong/docu/Guiding.Rules.in...
On the top of page two there is a beam with fixed end conditions and a hinge. The paper says the beam is statically indeterminate to the first degree. This didn't seem right. Pulling out my Hibbeler structural analysis book from way back in college, it states that a structure is statically indeterminate if r > 3n where r=(force or moment components) and n=(# of parts). Furthermore, it states the degree of indeterminacy is r-3n, or the number of additional equations needed to solve for the unknown reactions.
Comparing this equation to the beam on page 2 of the link above, I get r = 8 (3 reactions at each end point and 2 reactions (x & y direction) at the hinge) and n =2. So I have 8-3(2) = 2 or the beam is statically indeterminate to the second degree.
The paper says this is first degree while Hibbeler seems to suggest it is second degree. To the experts here, which is correct?
http://comp.uark.edu/~icjong/docu/Guiding.Rules.in...
On the top of page two there is a beam with fixed end conditions and a hinge. The paper says the beam is statically indeterminate to the first degree. This didn't seem right. Pulling out my Hibbeler structural analysis book from way back in college, it states that a structure is statically indeterminate if r > 3n where r=(force or moment components) and n=(# of parts). Furthermore, it states the degree of indeterminacy is r-3n, or the number of additional equations needed to solve for the unknown reactions.
Comparing this equation to the beam on page 2 of the link above, I get r = 8 (3 reactions at each end point and 2 reactions (x & y direction) at the hinge) and n =2. So I have 8-3(2) = 2 or the beam is statically indeterminate to the second degree.
The paper says this is first degree while Hibbeler seems to suggest it is second degree. To the experts here, which is correct?






RE: Incorrect Static Indeterminancy?
If the two beams are sloping or if you wish to consider the horizontal reaction due to the deflection of the two cantilevers, there are two unknown forces, the horizontal and vertical reaction at point B. In that case, the structure is indeterminate to the second degree.
BA
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