The bending moment at the centre of a simply supported beam with a gradually varying load from zero at both ends to w per metre at the centre is wl / 4.

Related MCQs

• The maximum bending moment for a simply supported beam with a gradually varying load from zero at both ends and w per metre at the centre, lies at the centre of a beam.
• The shear force at the centre of a simply supported beam with a gradually varying load from zero at both ends to w per metre at the centre, is
• A simply supported beam of length 1 carries a load varying uniformly from zero at left end to maximum at right end. The maximum bending moment occurs at a distance of
• The bending moment diagram for a cantilever beam of length l and carrying a gradually varying load from zero at the free end and w per unit length at the fixed end is a parabolic curve.
• A simply supported beam of span L which carries over its full span a load varying uniformly from zero at either ends to W kg/m at mid-span, will have zero shear force at
• The ratio of central deflection in a beam freely supported at both ends to that when the beam is fixed at both ends and subjected to a central load W in both the cases would be
• 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
• 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
• The bending moment in the centre of a simply supported beam carrying a uniformly distributed load of w per unit length is
• The bending moment diagram in case of a cantilever beam carrying a linearly varying load from zero at free end to maximum at supported end will be a