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uniformly distributed load on a beam. it has a single simple support at the center of gravity. Beam length L and load distribution w (pounds/inch) How do I find the shear and moment diagrams?
 
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Work from the middle. You have two cantilevers.

Can you explain how far you have got?
 

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