1.1 SLOPE AND DEFLECTION OF BEAMS
DEFLECTED SHAPES / ELASTIC CURVES OF BEAMS WITH DIFFERENT
SUPPORT CONDITIONS –DEFINITION OF SLOPE AND DEFLECTIONFLEXURAL RIGIDITY AND STIFFNESS OF BEAMS- MOHR’S THEOREMS –
AREA MOMENT METHOD FOR SLOPE AND DEFLECTION OF BEAMS –
DERIVATION OF EXPRESSIONS FOR MAXIMUM SLOPE AND MAXIMUM
DEFLECTION OF STANDARD CASES BY AREA MOMENT METHOD FOR
CANTILEVER AND SIMPLY SUPPORTED BEAMS SUBJECTED TO
SYMMETRICAL UDL & POINT LOADS – NUMERICAL PROBLEMS ON
DETERMINATION OF SLOPES AND DEFLECTIONS AT SALIENT POINTS OF
CANTILEVERS AND SIMPLY SUPPORTED BEAMS FROM FIRST
PRINCIPLES AND BY USING FORMULAE
1.2 SHEAR FORCE AND BENDING MOMENT DIAGRAM FOR
PROPPED CANTILEVERS
STATICALLY DETERMINATE AND INDETERMINATE STRUCTURES- STABLE
AND UNSTABLE STRUCTURES- EXAMPLES- DEGREE OF
INDETERMINACY- CONCEPT OF ANALYSIS OF INDETERMINATE BEAMS –
DEFINITION OF PROP –TYPES OF PROPS- PROP REACTION FROM
DEFLECTION CONSIDERATION – DRAWING SF AND BM DIAGRAMS BY
AREA MOMENT METHOD FOR UDL THROUGHOUT THE SPAN, CENTRAL
AND NON-CENTRAL CONCENTRATED LOADS – PROPPED CANTILEVER
WITH OVERHANG – POINT OF CONTRA FLEXURE.