The influence lines show where a load will create the maximum effect for any of the functions studied.
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I began to intellectually reject some of the delusionally influenced lines of thinking which had been characteristic of my orientation,
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Parts ( b ) and ( c ) of the figure shows the influence lines for the reactions in the y-direction.
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The integration of the influence line gives the effect that would be felt if the distributed load had a unit magnitude.
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Then gradually I began to intellectually reject some of the delusionally influenced lines of thinking which had been characteristic of my orientation.
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When adding the influence lines together, it is necessary to include the appropriate offsets due to the spacing of loads across the structure.
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This creates a discontinuous influence line which reaches zero at the supports and whose slope is equal on either side of the discontinuity.
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Therefore, the complete equation will be a piecewise linear function which has a separate influence-line equation for each linear section of the influence line.
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Once the influence values have been tabulated, the influence line for the function at point A can be drawn in terms of " x ".
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Below are explanations of how to find the influence lines of a simply supported, rigid beam ( such as the one displayed in Figure 1 ).
