Lecture 3: Loads, Reactions and Load Paths | Mastering Shear Force & Bending Moment Diagrams | EngineeringSkills.com

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Section 1

Quick Review of the Basics

1. Welcome and Section Overview

07:56 (Preview)

2. Some Basic Assumptions

25:36 (Preview)

3. Loads, Reactions and Load Paths

04:37 (Preview)

4. Test Yourself – Worked Example #1

5. Test Yourself – Worked Example #2

06:43 (Preview)

6. Test Yourself – Worked Example #3

Section 2

Internal Bending Moments - The Basics

7. Section 2 overview

02:09 (Preview)

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

12. Test Yourself – Worked Example #4

09:39 (Preview)

13. Test Yourself – Worked Example #5

14. Test Yourself – Worked Example #6

Section 3

Internal Shear Forces - The Basics

15. Section 3 overview

01:30 (Preview)

16. Relating shear force to shear stress

17. Using cuts to reveal the internal shear force

18. Shear force sign convention

19. Worked Example #7

20. Worked Example #8

Section 4

The Relationship Between Loading, Shear Force and Bending Moment

21. Section 4 overview

02:30 (Preview)

22. Case I: distributed loading

23. Case II: point loading

24. Case III: couple or applied moment

Section 5

Bringing It All Together

25. Section 5 overview

02:00 (Preview)

26. Test Yourself – Worked Example #9

27. Test Yourself – Worked Example #10

28. Test Yourself – Worked Example #11

29. Test Yourself – Worked Example #12

30. Test Yourself – Worked Example #13

Section 6

Beyond Beams - Statically Determinate Frames

31. Section 6 overview

01:15 (Preview)

32. Test Yourself – Worked Example #14

33. Test Yourself – Worked Example #15

34. Test Yourself – Worked Example #16

35. Well done! Course wrap-up

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3. Loads, Reactions and Load Paths

Quick Review of the Basics

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Mastering Shear Force & Bending Moment Diagrams

Your complete roadmap to mastering these essential structural analysis skills.

After completing this course...

You will be fully competent in drawing shear force and bending moment diagrams for statically determinate beams and frames.
You will have a robust system of analysis that allows you to confidently tackle the analysis of any statically determinate structure.
You will understand the relationship between external loading and the shear forces and bending moments they induce.

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4. Test Yourself – Worked Example #1