The document discusses shear force and bending moment diagrams. It defines shear force and bending moment, explaining that shear force acts perpendicular to the beam's axis while bending moment acts to bend the beam. It outlines the procedure to determine shear force and bending moment diagrams: (1) calculate support reactions, (2) divide the beam into segments based on loading, (3) draw free body diagrams and calculate expressions for each segment. As an example, it analyzes a simply supported beam with two loads to derive the shear force and bending moment expressions and diagrams.