Civil Engineering MCQAE Level Civil Engineering

For a fixed-ended prismatic beam AB of span L carrying a uniformly distributed load w over the whole span, the hogging support moment at each end has magnitude:

Strength of MaterialsTheory of Structures and DesignHARD

Choose the correct answer

A

wL^2/12

B

wL^2/8

C

wL^2/16

D

wL^2/24

Correct Answer

A. wL^2/12

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For a fixed-ended beam under full-span UDL, fixed-end moments are wL^2/12 at both supports, while the midspan sagging moment is wL^2/24.

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