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Reactions of Simply Supported Bems

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NAME

ADETAYO OLUWAKAYODE

MATRIC

060403009

DEPARTMENT

ELECTRICAL/ELECTRONICS

COURSE

CEG 202

GROUP NO

4

TITLE OF EXPERIMENT:

REACTIONS OF SIMPLY SUPPORTED BEAMS

DATE PERFORMED:

13TH OF AUGUST 2008.

AIM:

I) TO DETERMINE THE REACTIONS RA AND RB FOR A BEAM SIMPLY SUPPORTED AT ITS ENDS

II) TO DETERMINE THE VALUES OF RA AND RB AS A GIVEN LOAD MOVES FROM ONE END OF A SIMPLY SUPPORTED BEAM TO THE OTHER

APPARATUS:

• Two spring balances. • A steel beam of hollow section. • Load hanger. • Load / weights ranging from 2kg to 10kg. • Meter rule. • Inextensible cord.

THEORY
A beam with a constant height and width is said to be prismatic. When a beam’s width or …show more content…

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|6 |60 |3 |30 |3 |30 |
|8 |80 |4 |40 |4 |40 |
|10 |100 |5 |50 |5 |50 |
|12 |120 |6 |60 |6 |60 |

|LOAD |POSITION OF LOAD |REACTION A |REACTION B |
| | |RA |RB |
|(KG) |(CM) |(KG) |(N) |(KG) |(N) |
|8 |0 |8 |80 |0 |0 |
|8 |10 |7 |70 |1 |10 |
|8 |20 |7 |70 |1 |10 |
|8 |30 |6

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