Last Updated on September 1, 2026 by Maged kamel
Video for the introduction to Macaulay’s function.
A step-by-step guide to a unit step function. Learn Macaulay’s function and singularity functions.
The difference between Macaulay’s function and the discontinuity function.
What is a step function?
There is a function called the unit step function, or Heavisine function, that starts at a certain time when we plot t on the x-axis and the Heavisine function on the Y-axis. We can represent the shear function for a beam as a group of step functions. A discussion of Macaulay’s function with different n values.
Timestamps
0:00- Introduction to step function.
3:48- Step function for a simple beam.
5:41- What is Macaulay’s function?
6:43 – Macaulay‘s function deals with three values of n.
7:41- Introduction to the singularity function.
9:01- How do you represent concentrated loads and concentrated moments?
9:28- The difference between the integration of Macaulay functions and the integration of the singularity functions.
Please refer to the Introduction to Macaulay’s and Singularity functions for more information on the data included in the introduction to Macaulay’s function. The content of this video is included in the following PDF link.
This is an introductory link to Macaulay’s function on WIKIPEDIA.