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The Conjugate Beam Method is a structural analysis technique that relates the slope and displacement of a real beam to the shear and moment in a corresponding conjugate beam. It utilizes the M/EI diagram to compare loads and moments, establishing two key theorems regarding the relationship between real and conjugate beams. The method is essential for determining maximum slope and deflection in beams using various integration techniques.

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Class Notes 2

The Conjugate Beam Method is a structural analysis technique that relates the slope and displacement of a real beam to the shear and moment in a corresponding conjugate beam. It utilizes the M/EI diagram to compare loads and moments, establishing two key theorems regarding the relationship between real and conjugate beams. The method is essential for determining maximum slope and deflection in beams using various integration techniques.

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Conjugate Beam Method

16 February 2020 08:55

CONJUGATE-BEAM METHOD
CONJUGATE-BEAM METHOD

• A positive normal force tends to elongate the segment; a positive shear


tends to rotate the segment clockwise; and a positive bending moment
tends to bend the segment concave upward, so as to “hold water,".

• The distributed load will be considered positive when the loading acts
upward as shown.

• The internal shear forces and bending moments shown on the free-body
diagram are assumed to act in the positive direction according to the
established sign convention.

• Applying the equations of equilibrium:

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• Dividing by ∆x and taking the limit as ∆x 0, these equations become

• The slope of the shear diagram at a point ( ) is equal to the intensity of


the distributed load w at the point.

• The basis for the Conjugate Beam method comes from the similarity of
equations:

• Or after integration

• The shear V compares with the slope , the moment M compares


with the displacement v, and the external load w compares with the
beam’s moment diagram divided by the flexural rigidity EI, that is, the
“M/EI diagram.”

• Let us consider a beam having the same length as the “real beam,” but
referred to here as the “conjugate beam,”

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• The conjugate beam is “loaded” with the M/EI diagram so it compares to
the load w on the real beam.

• From the above comparisons, we can therefore state two theorems that
relate to the conjugate beam, namely,

Theorem 1: The slope at a point in the real beam is numerically


equal to the shear V at the corresponding point in the conjugate
beam.

Theorem 2: The displacement of a point in the real beam is


numerically equal to the moment M at the corresponding point in
the conjugate beam.

Conjugate-Beam Supports.

• When drawing the conjugate beam it is important that the shear and
moment at the supports correspond to the slope and displacement of the
real beam at its supports, a consequence of Theorems 1 and 2.

• What will be M and V in the conjugate beam for the following cases?

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Example:

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Example:

Notes

Example:

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Example:

Example:

Determine maximum slope and maximum deflection using (EI given)


1. Double integration
2. Moment area
3. Conjugate Beam

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