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4.139 Load on timber beams. Timber beams are widely used inhome construction. When the load (measured in pounds) perunit length has a constant value over part of a beam, the loadis said to be uniformly distributed over that part of the beam.Uniformly distributed beam loads were used to derive thestiffness distribution of the beam in the American Institute of

Aeronautics and Astronautics Journal(May 2013). Considera cantilever beam with a uniformly distributed load between100 and 115 pounds per linear foot.

a. What is the probability that a beam load exceeds110 pounds per linearfoot?

b. What is the probability that a beam load is less than102 pounds per linear foot?

c. Find a value Lsuch that the probability that the beamload exceeds Lis only .1.

Short Answer

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(a) The probability that a beam load exceeds 110 pounds per linear foot is 0.333333.

(b) The probability that a beam load is less than 102 pounds per linear foot is 0.133333.

(3) The value of L is 113.5 pounds.

Step by step solution

01

Given Information

You should consider a cantilever beam with a uniformly distributed load between 100 and 115 pounds per linear foot.

02

Finding the pdf of x

Let x be the random variable uniformly distributed between 100 and 115 pounds.

The probability density function random variable x is given by

fx=1d-c;c<x<d

Here c=100 and d=115

So the pdf of x is:

fx=1115-100=115=0.066667fx=0.066667;100<x<1150;otherwise

03

Finding the CDF of x

Fx=PXx=100xftdt=100x0.66667dt=0.66667100xdt=0.66667T100x=0.66667x-100Fx=0.66667x-100

04

Finding the probability when the probability that a beam load exceeds110 pounds per linear foot

For continuous random variable x

PX<x=PX<x

a

The probability that a beam load exceeds110 pounds per linear foot is,

Px>110=1-Px110=1-F110=1-066667110-100=0.333333

Thus, the required probability is 0.333333.

05

Finding the probability when the probability that a beam load less than 102 pounds per linear foot

b

The probability that a beam load is less than102 pounds per linear foot is,

Px<102=F102=0.066667102100=0.133333

Thus, the required probability is 0.133333.

06

Finding the value of L

c.

To find a value Lsuch that the probability that the beamload exceeds Lis only .1, we require following calculation.

Px>L=0.101-PxL=0.10PxL=0.90FL=0.900.0666667L-100=0.90L=100+0.900.0666667L=113.5

Thus, the required value is 113.5 pounds.

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