Beams: Distributed Loads

This lecture covers beams with distributed loads, focusing on differential relations between shear force and bending moment. It explains the concepts of sagging and hogging, statically determinate beams, and the method of statics to compute external reactions. The instructor demonstrates examples of beams with concentrated loads and discusses the trapezoidal distributed force. The lecture emphasizes the relationship between bending moment and shear force, as well as the application of the superposition principle. It also addresses the integration of shear force and bending moment diagrams to determine constants and boundary conditions for beams.