A uniformly distributed load may be assumed to behave like a point load at the centre of gravity of the load for all sorts of calculations.

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• A cantilever beam carries a uniformly distributed load from fixed end to the centre of the beam in the first case and a uniformly distributed load of same inten¬sity from centre of the beam to the free end in the second case. The ratio of deflections in the two cases is
• The ratio of bending moment at the centre of a simply supported beam of effective length L subjected to a central load W with that when the load W is uniformly distributed, will be
• A load which acts at a point on a beam is not called uniformly distributed load.
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• The shear force in the centre of a simply supported beam carrying a uniformly distributed load of w per unit length, is
• The bending moment in the centre of a simply supported beam carrying a uniformly distributed load of w per unit length is
• In a simply supported beam carrying a uniformly distributed load w per unit length, the point of contraflexure
• Two cantilever beams are of equal length. One carries a uniformly distributed load and other carries same load but concentrated at the free end. The ratio of maximum deflection is
• A load which is spread over a beam in such a manner that it varies uniformly over the whole length of a beam is called uniformly
• A prismatic beam fixed at both ends carries a uniformly distributed load. The ratio of bending moment at the supports to the bending moment at mid-span is