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Two Span Continuous Beam

This document summarizes two methods for analyzing statically indeterminate structures: the flexibility method and the stiffness method. The flexibility method involves removing one reaction to make the structure determinate, then calculating deflections and setting them equal. The stiffness method involves fixing one joint to prevent rotation, then calculating member-end moments and setting their sum equal to zero. Both methods are demonstrated on a two-span continuous beam with one redundant reaction.

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Two Span Continuous Beam

This document summarizes two methods for analyzing statically indeterminate structures: the flexibility method and the stiffness method. The flexibility method involves removing one reaction to make the structure determinate, then calculating deflections and setting them equal. The stiffness method involves fixing one joint to prevent rotation, then calculating member-end moments and setting their sum equal to zero. Both methods are demonstrated on a two-span continuous beam with one redundant reaction.

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CE 537, Spring 2009

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Astaticallyindeterminatestructurewithoneredundantreactioncanbeanalyzedbyeitherthe flexibilitymethodorthestiffnessmethod.Atwospanbeamwillbeanalyzedbyeachmethod below. FlexibilityMethod Thismethodisalsocalledtheclosingthegapmethodinourtextbook.Thetwospan continuousbeambelowhasonemorereactionthancanbecalculatedusingstaticequilibrium alone.


w

ActualStructure:

1 L/2

2 L/2

Intheflexibilitymethod: Oneofthereactionsisremoved,makingthestructurestaticallydeterminate.The deflectionduetotheappliedloadonthebeamiscalculated(load) atthelocationofthe reaction.


w

CaseI:

load 2

Thedeflectionduetothereactiononthebeamisthencalculated(R) atthelocationofthe reaction.


2 R 2

CaseII:

R2

WethensetupanequationinwhichthedeflectionatSupport2intheactualstructure (zero)isequaltothesumofthedeflectionforCaseIandthedeflectionforCaseII.
2 0 = load + R 2 2 Thedeflectionquantitiescanbecalculatedusingformulasfrombeamdeflectiontables(e.g. theonepostedontheclasswebsite).

R2 L3 48 EI 4 R L3 5 wL Therefore: 0 = + 2 384 EI 48 EI WecansolvetheequationaboveforR2sinceweknowalloftheotherquantities. load = 2 5 w L4 , 384 EI and 22 =


R

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StiffnessMethod TheprimaryequationintheFlexibilityMethodpresentedabovesaysthatthedeflectioncaused bythereactionmustbeequalandoppositetothedeflectioncausedbytheload.Inother words,thetwodeflectionsmustbecompatible(fittogether). IntheStiffnessMethod,theprimaryequationsaysthatthemomentinonebeamend,mustbe equalandoppositetothemomentintheadjoiningbeamend.Inotherwords,thetwo momentsmustsatisfyequilibrium.


w

ActualStructure:

1 L12

2 L23

Inthestiffnessmethod: First,thebeamrotationatajointissettozero(thejointisfixedagainstrotation).
w 1 2
FEM21 FEM23

CaseI:

ThememberendmomentsforthefixedcasearecalledFixedEndMomentsorFEM.Each FEMhasanequalandoppositemomentactingonthejoint. Next,thebeamisallowedtorotateatthejoint,andequationsforthememberend )arewritten. momentsduetothejointrotation( M ij


2

FEM21

FEM23

2
M 23

CaseII:

M 21

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Thisequationcanbesolvedfor2, then the equations for M can be calculated, and finally the member-end moments in the structure can be calculated from M 21 = FEM 21 + M 21 and
M 23 = FEM 23 + M 23

WefinallywritetheequilibriumequationthatthesumofthemomentsatJoint2=0. M 2 = 0 = FEM 21 FEM 23 M 21 M 23 WecanlookuptheequationsfortheFEMsandtheM intables. ThebeamsinCaseIrepresentproppedcantileverswithauniformload.Themomentatthe supportis: w L2 w L2 w L2 ij 23 21 ,Therefore FEM 21 = ,and FEM 23 = FEM ij = 8 8 8 ThebeamsinCaseIIrepresentasimplesupportedbeamwithamomentappliedtoone end.Theequationrelatingmomenttorotationis: M L 3EI 3EI i = ij ij ,Therefore M = = 2 ,and M 23 2 21 3EI L21 L23 Substitutingtheseequationsintotheequilibriumequationgives: w L2 w L2 3EI 3EI 23 21 2 2 M2 = 0 = 8 8 L21 L23

Ifthereisonlyoneunknowndisplacement(e.g.2), the equilibrium equation can be solved for 2 w L2 w L2 3EI 3EI 23 0 = 21 + + 2 8 L21 L23 8
23 2 = 21 + 8 8 3EI + 3EI

w L2

w L2

L21

L23 3EI L21

and
M 21 =

3EI 2 , L21

wL wL M 21 = + 8 3EI 3EI 8 + L21 L23


2 21 2 23

Unbalanced MomentonJoint

RelativeStiffness ofMemberend21

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