Mechanical Engineering - Strength of Materials - Discussion

Discussion Forum : Strength of Materials - Section 9 (Q.No. 41)
41.
The bending moment of a cantilever beam of length l and carrying a uniformly distributed load of w per unit length is __________ at the free end.
zero
wl/4
wl/2
wl
Answer: Option
Explanation:
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Discussion:
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Krishna said:   5 years ago
The answer is correct. Because load intensity is constant so shear force diagram is one order higher than the load intensity. It will be triangle where at fixed end shear force is wl and at the free end is zero.

So, the given answer is correct.

Karthik K N said:   5 years ago
I think the correct answer is wl/4.

Rajesh said:   8 years ago
Because, here l=0.

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