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Draw the influence lines for the vertical reactions at supports A, B, C and the shear and bending moment at point E.

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Calculation:
Apply a 1 kN unit moving load at a distance of x from left end D.
Sketch the free body diagram of frame as shown in Figure 1.
Influence line for vertical reaction at supports C.
Refer Figure 1.
Find the equation of vertical reaction at supports C.
Apply 1 kN load just left of G
Consider section GH.
Take moment at G from C.
Consider clockwise moment as positive and anticlockwise moment as negative.
Apply 1 kN load just right of G
Consider section GH.
Take moment at G from C.
Consider clockwise moment as positive and anticlockwise moment as negative.
Thus, the equation of vertical reaction at supports C as follows,
Find the influence line ordinate of
Substitute 20 m for
Thus, the influence line ordinate of
Similarly calculate the influence line ordinate of
x (m) | Points | Influence line ordinate of |
0 | D | 0 |
4 | E | 0 |
8 | F | 0 |
14 | G | 0 |
20 | H | 1 |
Sketch the influence line diagram for vertical reaction at supports C using Table 1 as shown in Figure 2.
Influence line for vertical reaction at support A.
Apply 1 kN load just left of F
Refer Figure 1.
Find the equation of vertical reaction at supports C.
Consider section DF.
Take moment at B from A.
Consider clockwise moment as positive and anticlockwise moment as negative.
Apply 1 kN load just right of F.
Consider section FH.
Consider moment at B from A is equal to from C.
Consider clockwise moment as positive and anticlockwise moment as negative.
Find the equation of vertical reaction at A from F to G
Substitute 0 for
Find the equation of vertical reaction at A from G to H
Substitute
Thus, the equation of vertical reaction at supports A as follows,
Find the influence line ordinate of
Substitute 14 m for
Thus, the influence line ordinate of
Similarly calculate the influence line ordinate of
x (m) | Points | Influence line ordinate of |
0 | D | 1 |
4 | E | 0.5 |
8 | F | 0 |
14 | G | |
20 | H | 0 |
Sketch the influence line diagram for the vertical reaction at support A using Table 2 as shown in Figure 3.
Influence line for vertical reaction at support B.
Apply a 1 kN unit moving load at a distance of x from left end C.
Refer Figure 1.
Apply vertical equilibrium in the system.
Consider upward force as positive and downward force as negative.
Find the equation of vertical support reaction
Substitute
Find the equation of vertical support reaction
Substitute
Thus, the equation of vertical support reaction at B as follows,
Find the influence line ordinate of
Substitute 8 m for
Thus, the influence line ordinate of
Similarly calculate the influence line ordinate of
x (m) | Points | Influence line ordinate of |
0 | D | 0 |
4 | E | 0.5 |
8 | F | 1 |
14 | G | 1.75 |
20 | H | 0 |
Sketch the influence line diagram for the vertical reaction at support B using Table 3 as shown in Figure 4.
Influence line for shear at point E.
Find the equation of shear
Apply 1 kN just left of E.
Consider section DE.
Sketch the free body diagram of the section AD as shown in Figure 5.
Refer Figure 5.
Apply equilibrium equation of forces.
Consider upward force as positive
Find the equation of shear force at E of portion DE
Substitute
Find the equation of shear
Apply 1 kN just right of E.
Consider section DE.
Sketch the free body diagram of the section DE as shown in Figure 6.
Refer Figure 6.
Apply equilibrium equation of forces.
Consider upward force as positive
Find the equation of shear force at E of portion EG
Substitute
Find the equation of shear force at E of portion GH
Substitute
Thus, the equations of the influence line for
Find the influence line ordinate of
Substitute 4 m for
Thus, the influence line ordinate of
Find the shear force of
x (m) | Points | Influence line ordinate of |
0 | D | 0 |
4 | ||
4 | ||
8 | F | 0 |
14 | G | |
20 | H | 0 |
Draw the influence lines for the shear force at point E using Table 4 as shown in Figure 7.
Influence line for moment at point E.
Refer Figure 5.
Consider section DE.
Consider clockwise moment as positive and anticlockwise moment as negative.
Take moment at E.
Find the equation of moment at E of portion DE
Substitute
Refer Figure 6.
Consider section DE.
Find the equation of moment at E of portion EH
Consider clockwise moment as positive and anticlockwise moment as negative.
Take moment at E.
Find the equation of moment at E of portion EF.
Find the equation of moment at E of portion EG
Substitute
Find the equation of moment at E of portion GH
Substitute
Thus, the equations of the influence line for
Find the influence line ordinate of
Substitute 4 m for
Thus, the influence line ordinate of
Find the moment at various points of x using the Equations (15), (16), and (17) and summarize the value as in Table 5.
x (m) | Points | Influence line ordinate of |
0 | D | 0 |
4 | E | 2 |
8 | F | 0 |
14 | G | |
20 | H | 0 |
Draw the influence lines for the moment at point E using Table 5 as shown in Figure 8.
Therefore, the influence lines for the vertical reactions at supports A, B, and C and the influence lines for the shear and bending moment at point E are drawn.
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