DEFLECTION

The deflection should be checked under the serviceability loads in the most adverse arrangement and
combination. Support reactions, maximum moments and deflections for different type of loading are shown in
Table 1, where W is total load. The reader should carry out from basic principle to get these parameters for other
cases which are not listed in the table. The limitations of deflection are given in cl. 2.5.2 and Table 8 in BS 5950-
1:2000.
Table 1 Support reactions, maximum moment and deflection

Loading arrangement Support reactions Maximum bending Maximum deflection

moment
W
W WL WL3
RA RB
RA
L/2 L/2
RB 2 4 48 EI

W
W WL 5WL3
RA RB RA RB
L 2 8 384 EI

W Wb
RA
L Wab Wab( L  b)
3a( L  b)
RA
b
RB Wa L 27 EIL
a RB when a > b
L L

RA RB
W 3  4a 2 WL3 (4a 2  5)
2
WL
24(1  a)
RA RB 2 1920 EI 1  a
aL L - 2aL aL

W
W WL WL3
RA RB
RA RB 2 6 60 EI
L

W/2 W/2
W WL WL3
RA RB
RA RB 2 8 73.14 EI
L/2 L/2

W
3W 9WL WL3
RA RB
RA 0.006563
L/2 L/2 4 64 EI
W
RB
4
W
W a b W
(5L3  4 Lb 2  b 3 )
RA RB W 
RA
a b a
RB 2 2 5 384 EI
L

W/2 W/2
W Wa W
RA RB (16a 2  20ab  5b 3 )
RA RB 2 3 120 EI
a b a
L
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