Factors for the three-moment equation

The table below list the value of 6Aā /L 6Aa¯/L and 6A b̄/L 6Ab¯/L for different types of loading.

Type of 6Aā 6Ab̄

6Aa¯L 6Ab¯L
Loading L L
Concentrated
load
anywhere on
the span.
Pa 2 Pb 2
(L − a 2 ) PaL(L2−a2) (L − b2 ) PbL(L2−b2)
L L

Concentrated
load at the
midspan.
3P L 2 3P L 2
3PL28 3PL28
8 8

Uniform load
over the
entire span.
wo L 3 wo L 3
woL34 woL34
4 4

Increasing
triangular
load on the
whole span.
8wo L 3 7wo L 3
8woL360 7woL360
60 60

Decreasing 7wo L 3 8wo L 3

triangular 7woL360 8woL360
60 60
load on the
whole span.
Isosceles
triangular
load over the
entire span.
5wo L 3 5wo L 3
5woL332 5woL332
32 32

Moment load
at any point
on the span.
M M
− (3a 2 − L 2 ) −ML(3a2−L2) + (3b2 − L 2 ) +ML(3b2−L2)
L L

General
uniform 6Aā wo 2
loading. = [ b (2L 2 − b2 ) − a 2 (2L 2 − a 2 ) ] 6Aa¯L=wo4L[b2(2L2−b2)−a2(2L2−a2)]
L 4L

6Ab̄ wo 2
= [ d (2L 2 − d 2 ) − c2 (2L 2 − c2 ) ] 6Ab¯L=wo4L[d2(2L2−d2)−c2(2L2−c2)]
L 4L