2.1 FIXED BEAMS – AREA MOMENT METHOD
INTRODUCTION TO FIXED BEAM – ADVANTAGES –DEGREE OF
INDETERMINACY OF FIXED BEAM- SAGGING AND HOGGING BENDING
MOMENTS – DETERMINATION OF FIXING END(SUPPORT)
MOMENTS(FEM) BY AREA MOMENT METHOD – DERIVATION OF
EXPRESSIONS FOR STANDARD CASES – FIXED BEAMS SUBJECTED TO
SYMMETRICAL AND UNSYMMETRICAL CONCENTRATED LOADS AND UDL
– DRAWING SF AND BM DIAGRAMS FOR FIXED BEAMS WITH
SUPPORTS AT THE SAME LEVEL (SINKING OF SUPPORTS OR
2.2 BEAMS – THEOREM OF THREE MOMENTS METHOD
INTRODUCTION TO CONTINUOUS BEAMS – DEGREE OF
INDETERMINACY OF CONTINUOUS BEAMS WITH RESPECT TO NUMBER
OF SPANS AND TYPES OF SUPPORTS –SIMPLE/PARTIALLY FIXED /
FIXED SUPPORTS OF BEAMS- GENERAL METHODS OF ANALYSIS OF
INDETERMINATE STRUCTURES – CLAPEYRON’S THEOREM OF THREE
MOMENTS – APPLICATION OF CLAPEYRON’S THEOREM OF THREE
MOMENTS FOR THE FOLLOWING CASES – TWO SPAN BEAMS WITH
BOTH ENDS SIMPLY SUPPORTED OR FIXED – TWO SPAN BEAMS WITH
ONE END FIXED AND THE OTHER END SIMPLY SUPPORTED – TWO
SPAN BEAMS WITH ONE END SIMPLY SUPPORTED OR FIXED AND
OTHER END OVERHANGING –DETERMINATION OF REACTIONS AT
SUPPORT