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TABLE 9-2 LOAD INTENSITIES REPRESENTED BY DISCONTINUITY FUNCTIONS

Load on beam Intensity q(x) of equivalent

Case (shown positive) distributed load (positive downard)

M0
1 q(x)  M0x  a2
0 a x

P
2 q(x)  Px  a1

0 a x
q0

3 q(x)  q0x  a0

0 a x
b

q0
4 q0 q(x)  x  a1
b

0 a x
b
q0
5 q0 q(x)  x  a2
b2

0 a x
q0
6 q(x)  q0x  a10
 q0x  a20
0 a1 a2 x

b q0
q0 q(x)  x  a11
b
7 q0
 x  a21
b
0 a1 a2 x  q0x  a20

q0
b q(x)  q0x  a10
q0
8  x  a11
b
q0
0 a1 a2 x  x  a21
b

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