Drawing Shear Force and Bending Moment Diagrams is not about memorizing steps — it is about recognizing patterns.

This PDF is designed to help you build that pattern recognition calmly and systematically.

Instead of covering every possible beam and loading, this book focuses on the core SFD–BMD cases that appear repeatedly in exams and that students most often make mistakes in.

Each chapter isolates one idea at a time — symmetry, partial loading, eccentric loads, applied moments, cantilever behavior, and overhanging beams — so that the logic behind the diagrams becomes clear and repeatable.

Chapters in the PDF:

1. Introduction to SFD and BMD construction using SSB — Point Load at Midspan
2. SSB — UDL over Entire Span
3. SSB — UVL over Entire Span
4. Relationship between w, V and M
5. SSB — Eccentric Point Load
6. SSB — Partial UDL Only
7. SSB — Pure Point Moment
8. Pure Bending Case (Two Equal & Opposite Moments)
9. Cantilever — UDL
10. Overhanging Beam — Point Load on Overhang
11. Common Exam mistakes

If you understand and practice the patterns in this book, you will be able to approach almost any standard SFD–BMD question with confidence.