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DEFLECTION

Compute for the net immediate deflection at midspan of the simply supported beam (cross section shown
below) of span 10m loaded with DL= 8 kN/m and concentrated DL1 of 20 kN located 2.5m from the left support
and DL2=20 kN located 2.5m from the right support. The beam is made up of normal density concrete (unit
weight = 24 kN/m3) with f’c= 35 MPa and is pretensioned with initial prestressing force of 800 kN. If the net
deflection at midspan is not equal to zero, compute for the superimposed uniformly distributed load to bring
the beam level to its supports.

e = 200

e = 200
600

150
es = 50
em = 200

100 300

es = 50
em = 200
100

250

e = 200

2m 2m

e = 200

1.5 m 1.5 m

es = 50
em = 200

1.5 m 1.5 m