Statics › Section H · Internal forces › Topic H.3
Shear and bending moment diagrams
One cut gives the internal forces at one point, but a designer needs them everywhere. Shear and bending moment diagrams show them along the whole beam, and two short equations link them to the load.
In this topic
- Seeing the whole beam at once
- Three standard beams
- A thin slice of beam
- The two differential relations
- Areas give changes
- Jumps at point loads and couples
- What the relations predict
- Worked example: a uniformly loaded span
- Worked example: a single point load
- Beyond statics
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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