Interactive Sample Project: Pedestrian Bridge

Step 5: Analysis: Moment Diagrams

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	This is the correct moment diagram. The maximum moment is correct and it computed by determining the area under the shear curve.		This diagram is incorrect. The moments at the endpoints for the simply supported beam should be zero.
	This diagram is incorrect because the moment at the endpoints are not zero and the maximum moment is incorrect.		This diagram is incorrect. The maximum moment is not correct.