Bahir Dar Institute of Technology Faculty of Civil and Water Resources Engineering
Bahir Dar University Structural Engineering Chair
CEng2062: Group Assignment 1
Topic: Shear Force and Bending Moment in Beams
1. A 10 m long overhanging beam is loaded as shown in Figure 1.
a) Draw the shear force and bending moment diagrams.
b) Find the location and magnitude of the maximum BM and locate
the point of contraflexure in the BM diagram.
kN-m
Figure 1: Figure for question No.1
2. The shear force diagram for an overhanging beam supported at A and B is
shown in Figure 2. Deduce the loading diagram and draw the corresponding
bending moment diagram from the shear force diagram. All values are in
kN.
Figure 2: Figure for question No.2
3. For the cantilever beam supported at point B as shown in Figure 3,
determine V(x) and M(x) and reaction at the support and draw SF and
BM diagrams. The loading on the beam is 𝑤 = 𝑘𝑥 2 as shown in the
figure.
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Bahir Dar Institute of Technology Faculty of Civil and Water Resources Engineering
Bahir Dar University Structural Engineering Chair
Figure 3: Figure for question No.3