a uniform distributed load.

length - l
UDL - w


where is this commonly found in engineer applicaitons?

Statics or Mechanics of Materials.

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This post was edited by Dontrunaway on Nov 7 2014 05:42pm

no thats not what I meant,

i meant in real life applications where does it occur?

Not a civil engineer, but I would imagine it occurs in buildings where weights are distributed on beam supports.

Something like an aquarium where you have to support the weight of the uniform water load, etc. albeit not going to be supported by one beam.

Any time you set something on top of a beam that has weight that is normally distributed within itself will produce a UDL. Even something as simple as a bag of sand. If the contact is more than just a point, then it's a distributed load.

ok thx

any other concrete examples?

Think of anything that applies a force that is applied over an area rather than at a point. It's usually a UDL.