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Solution to Problem 883: Moment Distribution Method
Joint 1 22 33 4
DF 0.00 0.55 0.45 0.45 0.55 0.00
FEM -833.33 833.33 -2400.00 2400.00 -833.33 833.33
854.55 712.12 -712.12 -854.55
427.27 -356.06 356.06 -427.27
194.21 161.85 -161.85 -194.21
97.11 -80.92 80.92 -97.11
44.14 36.78 -36.78 -44.14
22.07 -18.39 18.39 -22.07
10.03 8.36 -8.36 -10.03
5.02 -4.18 4.18 -5.02
2.28 1.90 -1.90 -2.28
1.14 -0.95 0.95 -1.14
0.52 0.43 -0.43 -0.52
0.26 -0.22 0.22 -0.26
0.12 0.10 -0.10 -0.12
0.06 -0.05 0.05 -0.06
0.03 0.02 -0.02 -0.03
0.01 -0.01 0.01 -0.01
0.01 0.01 -0.01 -0.01
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
SUM -280.39 1939.22 -1939.22 1939.22 -1939.22 280.39
Solution to Problem 883: Moment Distribution Method
Joint 1 22 33 4
DF 0.00 0.55 0.45 0.45 0.55 0.00
FEM -833.33 833.33 -2400.00 2400.00 -833.33 833.33
427.27 854.55 712.12 356.06
-436.98 -873.97 -1048.76 -524.38
119.18 238.35 198.63 99.31
-22.57 -45.14 -54.17 -27.09
6.16 12.31 10.26 5.13
-1.17 -2.33 -2.80 -1.40
0.32 0.64 0.53 0.26
-0.06 -0.12 -0.14 -0.07
0.02 0.03 0.03 0.01
0.00 -0.01 -0.01 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00
SUM -280.39 1939.22 -1939.22 1939.22 -1939.22 280.39

Given Beam Stiffness Distribution Factor

L12 = 10 ft Let I = 60 DF_(12) = 0
L23 = 12 ft K12 = 6 DF_(21) = 0.5454545
L34 = 10 ft K23 = 5 DF_(23) = 0.4545455
a =6 ft K34 = 6 DF_(32) = 0.4545455
b =6 ft m DF_(34) = 0.5454545
P = 800 lb ft DF_(43) = 0
wo = 100 lb/ft

Fixed-End Moments Answer:

FEM_(12) = -833.3333 lb-ft M1 = -280.392203068864 lb-ft
FEM_(21) = 833.33333 lb-ft M2 = -1939.21559386227 lb-ft
FEM_(23) = -2400 lb-ft M3 = -1939.21527966066 lb-ft
FEM_(32) = 2400 lb-ft M4 = -280.392360169668 lb-ft
FEM_(34) = -833.3333 lb-ft
FEM_(43) = 833.33333 lb-ft