Chapter 5: Deflections of Beams by Double Integration

Method

Prepaired By
SANJAY KUMAR
Assistant Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
YMCA University of Science & Technology, Faridabad

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

YMCA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, FARIDABAD
 Objectives

 To know application of double integration method to find

out slopes and deflections in beams.
 To understand application of Macaulay’s method to find
out slopes and deflections in beams.
 To familiarize the importance of computing deformations
in beams.
Relation between Curvature, Slope,
Deflection, etc. at a
given Section in a Beam

 Deflection = y

 Slope   dy
dx
d2y
 Moment M = EI 2
dx

 Shear force F = dM d3y

   EI 3
dx dx
dF d4y
 Load intensity q =   EI 4
dx dx
Maximum Moment and Deflections in
Cantilever
Subjected to

 Moment at free end qmax = ML at free end

EI
ymax = – ML2 at free end

 Concentrated load at free end 2EI

2 EI

qmax = at free end

WL2
ymax =
2 EI at free end
WL3
3EI
….(Contd..)
wL3
 UDL over entire span qmax = at free end
6 EI

wL4
ymax = at free end
8 EI

 Varying linearly from zero at free end to w unit length at fixed

end
wL3
qmax = at free end
24 EI

wL4
ymax = at free end
30 EI
Maximum Moment and Deflections in
Simply Supported
Beam Subjected to

2
 Concentrated load at mid span qmax =
– wL at support
16 EI
3
Ymax = wL at mid span
48 EI

wL3
 UDL over entire span qmax = at support
24EI

5 wL4
Ymax = at mid span
384 EI
 ….. (Contd..)
 Varying linearly from zero at one end to
wL4
w/unit length at other end ymax = 0.006523
EI
at x = 0.5193 from the end
where intensity
of load is zero
Important Points for
Macaulay’s Method
 Constants of integration is written first.

 Integration of (x – a) is written as  x  a instead

2

2
of x2 .
 ax
2
 If for any section (x – a) becomes negative, it warns that
the term is not applicable.
Important Points for
Macaulay’s Method (Contd..)
 In the expression for bending moment, if external moment
M0 appearing at distance ‘a’ should be written as M0 (x – a)
to retain warning message.

 If uniformly distributed load is not extending up to the end

of the beam, extend it up to the end and consider the
compensating load also.