BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE, PILANI

FIRST SEMESTER 2013-2014

ME F211/MF F211/ES C221: Mechanics of Solids
Assignment -9 (Solution Key)
Max Marks: 10 Duration: 50 mins 26th November, 2013

Q1. A steel beam ABC is simply supported at A and held by a steel wire at B as shown in Fig. A
load P = 1 kN acts at the free end C. The wire has axial rigidity EA = 1335 kN, and beam has
flexural rigidity EI = 86 kN-m2.
a) State the proper boundary conditions and starting from the fourth-order differential
equation (i.e. the load equation), derive the equation of deflection curve.
b) Determine the deflection of point C ( C ) due to the load P.

Solution:
Force and moment balance of beam ABC gives
R A 1.5kN and F 2.5kN [1M+1M]
Load deflection equation
d 4v
EI 4 q( x) 1.5 x 1 2.5 x 0.5 1 [1M]
dx
d 2v
EI 2 1.5 x 1 2.5 x 0.5 1 C1 x C 2
dx
dv 1.5 x 2 x 0.5 2 1.5 x 3 x 0.5 3
EI 2.5 C3 EIv 2.5 C3 x C 4
dx 2 2 6 6
Boundary conditions:
(1st) at x 0 v 0 [1M]
FL 2.5 0.5
(2nd) at x 0.5m v 0.936 10 3 m [2M]
EA 1335
So deflection equation
1.5 x 3 x 0.5 3
v x
1
2.5 0.0985 x [2M]

EI 6 6
1.51.25 3 1.25 0.5 3 0.488 0.175 0.123
v1.25m
1
2.5 0.0985 1.25

EI 6 6 86

vat x 1.25m C 5.069 mm [2M]