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At the place of a linear elastic joint a single force proportional to the difference of the slope at
both sides of the joint acts upon the adjoint beam. A simple example serves as an illustration.
Mohr's method for the determination of deflections of a Any procedure for the integration of Eq. (2) can be used
statically determinate beam or reactions of a statically in- for the calculation-of w. The fictitious bending moment M
determinate beam is based on the analogy of the equations due to the fictitious distributed load ~= MJo/J acting upon
the adjoint beam [1] 1) is proportional to the deflection of
the original beam
EJo d2w-dx
2 -- -M(x)j~x) (1)
w = M/EJ o (3)
d2M
dx 2 = -q(x) (2) Similarly,
where w means the displacement, M the bending moment w' =O./ESo (4)
and q the load per unit length. E indicates Young's modulus
and J0 an arbitrary reference moment of inertia. where (~ is the fictitious shear force.
w'l- w',= M s/c (5) The parameters are ( = cl/EJ, 2s = la/I and 2F= Ir/I.
For ~ o o the reactive moments agree with the case of
s=eJoMj/c (6)
the beam with two clamped ends loaded by a single force.
hold where c is the spring constant, M s the spring couple Ms is then the bending moment for l = l s. For ( = 0 on the
and S the fictitious single force acting at the place of the other hand, M s vanishes and the reactive moments are
elastic joint upon the adjoint beam. The indices 1 and r those of two clamped beams coupled by a frictionless joint.
stand for left and right, respectively. This simple example can be handled as easily with the
help of a table of deflections and superposition, but for
beams with variable cross section Mohr's method is superior to
2. E x a m p l e other procedures.
2
Mr
MI+ M,- -; M] = ( 1 - 2 r ) I v F (8)
Fig. 2. Beam with two built-in
62s ends and an elastic joint
M,+ 2M,- -~-Ms=(a-22)IFF (9) F.2 (I-I F) IFF/I loaded by a single force.