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SOLUTIONS FOR CERTAIN RECTANGULAR SLABS<br />

may be represented in finite <strong>for</strong>m. Substitution of nir/a <strong>for</strong> a in<br />

(66), and comparison with (10) and (11), shows that<br />

cosh (v + y) 7r (x + u)<br />

cosh -- - cos<br />

Pvy a a<br />

w f = -<br />

47rgN<br />

loge<br />

i (v+y)<br />

a<br />

ir (x - u)<br />

(67)<br />

cosh - cos<br />

a<br />

a<br />

One has the interesting result, there<strong>for</strong>e, that (67) expresses in finite<br />

<strong>for</strong>m the deflection produced by the fixed-end moment and the<br />

corresponding edge reactions.<br />

Nhdai* showed in like manner that the deflection of the infinitely<br />

long slab due to a concentrated moment applied at a point on the x<br />

axis, and having the same direction as M,, may be represented by<br />

an expression similar to (67).<br />

The fixed-end moment is twice as great as that given by Equations<br />

(32) and (36) <strong>for</strong> the corresponding positions of load. In other words,<br />

continuity of the slab across a rigid beam in this particular example<br />

produces a moment My in the slab <strong>over</strong> the beam equal to 50 per cent<br />

of the fixed-end moment. Newmarkt generalizes further on this<br />

representation of a <strong>continuous</strong> slab as being "50 per cent fixed"<br />

under <strong>certain</strong> conditions.<br />

14. The Finite Edge Free.-When the finite edge is free, as shown<br />

FiG. 16<br />

in Fig. 16, the boundary conditions on the free edge are<br />

*A. NAdai, Die elastischen Platten, 1925, p. 163.<br />

tN. M. Newmark, "A Distribution Procedure <strong>for</strong> the Analysis of Slabs Continuous Over Flexible<br />

Beams," Bulletin 304, Engineering Experiment Station, University of Illinois, 1938, Chapter IX.

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