"Influence Lines for Beams and Frames Using Computer Techniques" by Farooq Umer Vakil
 

Date of Award

6-1974

Degree Type

Master's Essay - Restricted

Degree Name

Master of Science (MS)

Department

Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering

Abstract

In the most common cases of structural analysis of beams and frames, the position of applied loads is known. In this case the reactions can easily be obtained and hence the shear and bending moments needed to arrive at an adequate design. However, there are cases in which a structure is subjected to loads, uniformly loaded or concentrated, moving in either direction, like beams supporting a conveyor system transporting goods in factories, or bridge trusses or girders. It is an extremely tedious task to solve for internal forces with the loads at each point of application. Also the solution requires repetition of equations for different values in terms of distances from supports. It is therefore advisable to employ a method which would not only obtain the values, but also plot them to show critical values at a glance.

Comments

AN ESSAY PRESENTED TO THE FACULTY OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE UNDER PLAN B, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

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