DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING, IIT BOMBAY

CE317 - STRUCTURAL MECHANICS II

Tutorial Sheet-1 Instructor: Dr. R. S. Jangid/Prof. Mandar M. Inamdar
1. Analyze the continuous beams shown in the Figure 1 using slope deflection method.

40kN
12kN/m
A B
C

5m 2.5m 2.5m

(a)
100kN

B
A C
2I 3I

6m 3m 3m

(b)

B C
A
δ = 6.3mm
2
EI=100,000 kNm

6m 6m

(c)

B 30kN/m 1.5m
C D
A
2m 60kN.m
4m 5m 3m

(d) 60kN

B D
A
2I 2I I
6m 3m 3m

(e)
Figure 1.
2. Derive the slope deflection equations for the members shown in the Figure 2.

Hinge
A B A B
I 2I a b
L L
2 2
L (a) L (b)
Figure 2.

3. Analyze the beams shown in the Figure 3 using slope deflection method.

B
A C
Hinge M
L/2 L/2 L/2 L/2
(a)
24kN

B Hinge
A C

6m 3m 3m
(b)
w /unit length

A B C
EI EI
12 EI
k=
L3

L
L
2
(c)

A C
B

L L

(d)

Figure 3.
3. Analyze the rigid-jointed plane frames shown below using the slope deflection method. Take
uniform value of the EI for all the members of the frame if it is not mentioned.

20kN/m 28 kN/m
B B C
C
2I

I 3m
4m 4m
I

A A D
3m 3m

60kN
A B

4m

3m 3m

30kN/m
B C
B C 100kN
2I I
2I
I 2m

4m
I I
2I 2I 2
A D D m
A

2m 3m 3m 3m