DCC30373 – STRUCTURAL MECHANIC
TUTORIAL 3
1. States principles & concepts of equilibrium forces
2. Brief the TWO types of the loads
3. Give definition of terms below
a. Moment
b. Force
c. Reaction
4. Sketches three types of beam supports, reaction & its direction
5. Determine the forces at support A and C
6. Determine the forces and moment at the support
7. Determine the forces at support A and B
8. Determine the forces at support A and B
9. Determine the forces and moment at the support C
10. A cantilever beam is loaded as shown below.
a. Show free body diagram for the beam
b. Evaluate reaction at then support A
11. A simply supported beam is loaded as shown below. Calculate the reaction force of beam using
static equilibrium principle.
12. Calculate the reaction at support of a cantilever beam that is subjected to a load as shown
below.
13. Draw the shear force and the bending moment for the beam below
14. Draw the shear and moment diagrams for the beam shown.
15. Draw the shear and moment diagrams for the beam shown
16. Based on overhanging beam shown in figure below,
a. Sketch free body diagram.
b. Calculate all reactions in the beam
c. Calculate the Shera Force and Bending Moment value at point A, B and C.
d. Based on shear force and bending moment value, create the Shear Force and
Bending Moment Diagram.
17. Produce Shear Force Diagram (SFD) and Bending Moment Diagram (BMD) by showing the
important values.
18. A simply supported beam is loadeshown in Figure. Given the reaction support A and D are 54kN
and 57kN respectively. Produce Shear Force Diagram (SFD) and Bending Moment Diagram
(BMD) by showing the important values.
19. A simply supported beam with a span of 9m is subjected to a uniformly distributed load and
point load as shown in figure.
a. Sketch the Free Body Diagram (FBD) of beam
b. Calculate the reaction force at each support for the beam in figure.
20. An overhanging beam is loaded as shown in figure. Sketch a shear force diagram(SFD) and
Bending Moment Diagram (BMD) of the beam if the reaction force at A and B are 24.38kN and
81.62kN respectively.
21. A cantilever beam of is subjected to a set of loads as shown below.
a. Calculate reaction force at the support of the beam.
b. Illustrate the shear force diagram (SFD) of the beam.
c. Illustrate bending moment diagram (BMD) and select the value of maximum
moment
22. Answer the following question
a. Based on overhanging beam shown in diagram above,
i. Sketch free body diagram
ii. Calculate all reaction in the beam
b. Based on the diagram, calculate the shear force and bending moment value at point A, B
and C.
c. Based on shear force and bending moment values from b) , create the Shear Force
Diagram (SFD) and Bending Moment Diagram (BMD) by showing their values.
23. A simply supported beam is loaded as shown below. Given the reaction at supported A and D are
54kN and 57kN respectively. Produce Shear Force Diagram (SFD) and Bending Moment Diagram
(BMD) by showing the important values.
24. A simply supported beam is loaded as shown below
a. Calculate:
i. Reaction force at support A and B.
ii. Shear force and bending moment value.
b. Sketch shear force diagram (SFD) and bending moment diagram (BMD)
c. Determine Maximum bending moment.