COMPARATIVE STUDY OF CLASSICAL METHOD AND RELATIVE DEFORMATION COEFFICIENT APPROACH FOR CONTINUOUS BEAM ANALYSIS

The basic function of any structure is to withstand or resist loads with a small and definite deformation. Numerous classical and matrix methods are available for analysis of a indeterminate structure/continuous beam. Methods like Moment distribution and Kani’s method are iterative type and accuracy of results will be obtained through more iterations. Three moment equation ,Slope deflection method, energy method, etc. are based on solution of linear simultaneous equations. Dr .Harshvadan. S. Patel and Dr. Patil introduce Relative Deformation Coefficient method for analysis of continuous beam. Present study intends to compare this Relative Deformation Coefficient method to the results obtained from widely accepted classical methods like Slope Deflection and Moment Distribution method. The results obtained by the Relative Deformation Coefficient Approach are found to be act in accordance with those found out by implementing the classical methods.