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Title: STANDARD SPREADSHEET METHOD

FOR IDEAL BEAM IN SOCKET

This Method is based on a derivation by R Burandt from 1959, this was provided and expanded on in
spreadsheet form by Bosko Zdanksi October 2013
The method is predicated on a perfect fit between the beam/pin and the socket, this creates a linear
bearing load distribution.
Dist. Socket Reaction to Shear Load:
ws = 10000 / 4
ws =
2500 lb/in

M
S

Socket Reaction at Ou
w =
w =

Moment at Socket Center:

MT = 6000 + 10000 4 / 2
MT =
26000 inlb

Socket reaction at Inn

w =
w =
Dist. Socket reaction to moment load at socket center.
wM = 6 / 4 26000
wM =
9750 lb/in
Dist. from inner end, maximum shear, zero distributed lo
a = 4 7250 / (12250 + 7250)
a=
1.49 in

L
S=
M=
L=

10000 lb
6000 inlb
4 in

Peak Socket Bearing Reaction:

Positive =
7250.0 lb/in
Negative = -12250.0 lb/in

Maximum Shear Load

Vmax = - 1.49 7250 / 2
Vmax =
-5391.0 lb

Peak Shear Load in Pin

Positive =
10000.0 lb
Negative =
-5372.5 lb

Point of Zero Shear

b = 4 - 2 1.49
b=
1.03 in

Peak Moment in Pin

=
10687.5 inlb
15000.0
10000.0
5000.0
0.0
0

0.5

1.5

2.5

3.5

4.5

-5000.0
-10000.0
-15000.0

Bearing Reaction (lb/in)

Pin Shear Load (lb)
Pin Moment (inlb)

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7250 lb/in
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Original derivation by R. Burandt

March 1959

Distributed socket reaction to shear load:

ws

Moment at socket center:

MT

Distributed socket reaction to moment load

at socket center:

wM

Socket reaction at outer end:

w1
which expands to:

Introducing

K1

S L
M

one gets:

Socket reaction at socket bottom end:

which expands to:

Introducing

K2

S L
M

one gets:

From linear load distribution it follows:

Introducing

Ka

w2
w1 w2

1 S L

3 M

S L
M

Note that this is measured from the socket bottom.

one gets

S
L
M S
6

L
2

M S

wM ws
M

w1

S L

K1

w2

w M ws
M

w2

S L

M
2

La

w2

w1
w2

Ka L

K2

w1

w2

w 1 w2

Introducing

w2

Ka

1 S L

3 M

w1 w2

one gets

S L

w2

Ka L

w 1 w2

Note that this is measured from the socket bottom.

Local distributed reaction along socket is:

w ( x)

Maximum shear load - shear load being integral of

w(x) - is where w(x) is zero and that is at a. Value is:

VMAX

Introducing

KV

K2 Ka

S L
M

6 1

1 S L

3 M

Introducing

KB

1 2

1 S L

3 M

SL
M

S L
M

gives

S L

x w1

a w 2
2

KV

Internal zero of shear load is at

1

VMAX

S L

w1 w2

L 2 a

KB

L 1 2 Ka

L
3

That location is also where internal moment is extreme.

Internal shear load along socket is:

V ( x)

w ( x) dx

This can be expanded to

V ( x)

M
2

2

L
x 4 S L 6 x
3

M
M

L

L
Internal moment along the socket is:

M ( x)

V ( x) dx

Again, this can be expanded to

L
x
L

M S x
S
2
2 S
3 x
2
M
M
L

M ( x)

Taking notice that extreme internal moment coincides with zero internal shear, occuring at B:

or

MMAX

B S L
M 1

3
M

MMAX

M KM

KM

KB
3

S L 2 KB

S L

2
3
M

where

KB S L
1

3
M

KB
3

S L 2 KB

S L

or

MMAX

M 1

MMAX

M KM

KM

where

KB S L
1

3
M

KB
3

S L 2 KB

S L

Obtaines Ks are plotted in SL_M sheet, Figure 1.

Same derivation can be performed but using M/SL as common factor, arriving at slightly different equations and graphs. How
Those equations are plotted in M_SL sheet, Figure 2.

+M

+S

L
2

M S

ws

M ws

S L

wM

M
2

M ws

S L

wM

+Wx

w(x)

w2

w1
w2

1 w2

a
w1

w2

1 w2

w2

V(x)
x w1

V(x)

+S
x

w2

Vmax

2a

L 1 2 Ka

M(x)

Mmax

M(x)

+M
x

w ( x) dx

4 S L 6 x

V ( x) dx

2 S L 3 x2

r, occuring at B:

S L

2
3
M

fferent equations and graphs. However, resulting numerical values are the same.