Beams

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Simply Supported Beams -

T Level Construction

Lesson Objectives:

To develop an understanding of simply supported beams, including

• Loading conventions,

• Reaction calculations, and

• To apply this understanding using AutoCAD to model and solve structural problems.

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1. What materials do you think this bridge is made of?

2. Where do you think the loads — the weights of cars, people, wind — are going?”

So the load moves from

The Road→ Beams → Arch & Supports → Ground.

That journey of the force is called the load path — and today we’re going to learn how to calculate those downward forces on a simple beam.

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