Mastering Shear Force and Bending Moment Diagrams

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Course Syllabus

Quick Review of the Basics

1. Welcome and Section Overview

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Support and Lecture Q&A (Please read!)

2. Some Basic Assumptions

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3. Loads, Reactions and Load Paths

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Question #1

Answer #1

4. Worked Solution #1

Question #2

Answer #2

5. Worked Solution #2

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Question #3

Answer #3

6. Worked Solution #3

Internal Bending Moments - The Basics

7. Section Overview

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8. Relating bending moment to bending stress

9. Internal bending moment and equilibrium

10. Using cuts to reveal the internal bending moment

11. Bending moment sign convention

Question #4

Answer #4

12. Worked Solution #4

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Question #5

Answer #5

13. Worked Solution #5

Question #6

Answer #6

14. Worked Solution #6

Internal Shear Forces - The Basics

15. Section Overview

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16. Relating shear force to shear stress

17. Using cuts to reveal the internal shear force

18. Shear force sign convention

Question #7

Answer #7

19. Worked Solution #7

Question #8

Answer #8

20. Worked Solution #8

The Relationship Between Loading, Shear Force and Bending Moment

21. Section Overview

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22. Case I: distributed loading

23. Case II: point loading

24. Case III: couple or applied moment

Bringing It All Together

25. Section Overview

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Question #9

Answer #9

26. Worked Solution #9

Question #10

Answer #10

27. Worked Solution #10

Question #11

Answer #11

28. Worked Solution #11

Question #12

Answer #12

29. Worked Solution #12

Question #13

Answer #13

30. Worked Solution #13

[Side Project] Build A Shear & Moment Calculator for Unlimited Test Questions

Beyond Beams - Statically Determinate Frames

31. Section Overview

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Question #14

Answer #14

32. Worked Solution #14

Question #15

Answer #15

33. Worked Solution #15

Question #16

Answer #16

34. Worked Solution #16

35. Well done! Course wrap-up & Certificate of Completion