SIGN CONVENTION FOLLOWED IN MOMENT AREA METHOD FOR DETERMINING SLOPE AND DEFLECTION.

SIGN CONVENTION FOLLOWED IN MOMENT AREA METHOD FOR DETERMINING SLOPE AND DEFLECTION.

1.     For Right hand side of the support ,anticlockwise moments are taken as positive ,clockwise moments are taken as negative and vise versa in case of left hand side support.

2.   Slope from Right hand side is taken as positive when it makes anticlockwise angle with left hand side tangent and vise versa with slope of left hand side tangent.

3.     Deflection is taken as positive if the right hand side tangent is above the left hand side tangent and vise versa with deflection of left hand side tangent.