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Jan 1936
The Shear-Area Method
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Volume 101, Issue 1
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The shear diagram may be used in a manner similar to the moment diagram for the solution of the elastic functions of loaded beams. This procedure is not generally known although the moment-area methods are of common practice and are taught in most schools of engineering. Use of the shear diagram simplifies the solution of many beam problems, and, therefore, should be of interest to engineers. This type of solution is applicable to all types of beams, and this paper includes the analysis of statically determinate, and statically indeterminate, beams with concentrated loads, uniform loads, and couples.
Notation.-The symbols used throughout the paper are given in the Appendix. An effort has been made to conform as nearly as practicable with “Symbols for Mechanics, Structural Engineering, and Testing Materials,” advanced by the American Standards Association.
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Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers
Volume 101 • Issue 1 • January 1936
Pages: 945 - 963
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© 1936 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published online: Feb 10, 2021
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Horace B. Compton, AM.ASCE
Asst. Prof. of Mechanics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst., Troy, N. Y.
Clayton G. Dohrenwend, J.ASCE
Instr., Dept. of Civ. Eng., Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst., Troy, N. Y.
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