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    KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, KUMASI

    INSTITUTE OF DISTANT LEARNING


    Second Year

    CE 255 : THEORY OF STRUCTURES

    Assignment 1

    Q.1 A prismatic beam (AC) of length 6m is simply supported over a span (AB) L1
    = 4m and has an overhang (BC) of length L2 = 2m. The beam is loaded as
    shown below (Fig. Q1). Use the moment-area method to calculate:

    a). the vertical deflection, Δ, at the free end C

    b). the rotation, β, at the support B

    10kN/m
    A B C

    4.0 2.0

    Fig. Q1

    c). compute the product β * L2 and explain what physical quantity is


    expressed by this product.

    Q.2 A simply supported beam with piecewise constant flexural rigidity is


    loaded as shown below. Using the conjugate beam method, calculate the
    deflections and rotations at all the nodes.

    30kN 50kN

    1 I 2 3I 3 2I 4

    2m 4m 3m

    J.W. Ampofo

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