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Split a long Equation with common curly Braces
I have a problem with writing the equation. The equation that I have pasted below is very long.I want the first equation(e34a) after dw^2/dx^2 to be split in two lines with a common curly brace for the equation in two lines. My code is '\begin{subequations}\label{e34}
The Normal Stress are given by
\begin{align}
q = & \overline{C}_1\overline{C}_3\overline{C}_5\dfrac{\alpha^{*}k_s w}{U\big(1+\alpha^{*}k_s(\frac{w}{q_u})\big)}- \dfrac{\partial^{2}w}{\partial x^{2}}\Bigg(G_1 H_1+\overline{C}_2(T_p+T_1)\cos\theta+G_2 H_2\overline{C}_1 \label{e34a}\\
&+ G_3 H_3 \overline{C}_1 \overline{C}_3+G_4 H_4 \overline{C}_1 \overline{C}_3\overline{C}_5+ \overline{C}_1\overline{C}_4(T_p+T_2)\cos\theta+
\overline{C}_1\overline{C}_3\overline{C}_6(T_p+T_3)\cos\theta\Bigg)\nonumber\\
\intertext{The Mobilised Tension for top reinforcement is}
\frac{\partial T_1}{\partial x} = & -\Bigg(q+G_1H_1\frac{\partial^{2}w}{\partial x^{2}}\Bigg)\ \overline{D}_1
- \Bigg(\overline{C}_3\overline{C}_5\dfrac{\alpha^{*}k_s w}{U\big(1+\alpha^{*}k_s(\frac{w}{q_u})\big)} - A_1 \frac{\partial^{2}w}{\partial x^{2}}\Bigg)\ \overline{D}_2\\
\intertext{The Mobilised Tension for middle reinforcement is}
\frac{\partial T_2}{\partial x} = & -\Bigg(\frac{1}{\overline{C}_1} \Big(q+A_2\frac{\partial^{2}w}{\partial x^{2}} \Big) +G_2 H_2\frac{\partial^{2}w}{\partial x^{2}} \Bigg)\ \overline{D}_3 \label{e34c} \\
& - \Bigg( \overline{C}_5 \dfrac{\alpha^{*}k_s w}{U\big(1+\alpha^{*}k_s(\frac{w}{q_u})\big)} - A_3 \frac{\partial^{2}w}{\partial x^{2}} \Bigg)\ \overline{D}_4 \nonumber
Sir, thank you very much for your reply. It helped me a lot.But I have a problem again. The equation that I have pasted below is very long.I want the first equation(e34a) after dw^2/dx^2 to be split in two lines with a common curly brace for the equation in two lines. My code is '\begin{subequations}\label{e34}
The Normal Stress are given by
\begin{align}
q = & \overline{C}_1\overline{C}_3\overline{C}_5\dfrac{\alpha^{*}k_s w}{U\big(1+\alpha^{*}k_s(\frac{w}{q_u})\big)}- \dfrac{\partial^{2}w}{\partial x^{2}}\Bigg(G_1 H_1+\overline{C}_2(T_p+T_1)\cos\theta+G_2 H_2\overline{C}_1 \label{e34a}\\
&+ G_3 H_3 \overline{C}_1 \overline{C}_3+G_4 H_4 \overline{C}_1 \overline{C}_3\overline{C}_5+ \overline{C}_1\overline{C}_4(T_p+T_2)\cos\theta+
\overline{C}_1\overline{C}_3\overline{C}_6(T_p+T_3)\cos\theta\Bigg)\nonumber\\
\intertext{The Mobilised Tension for top reinforcement is}
\frac{\partial T_1}{\partial x} = & -\Bigg(q+G_1H_1\frac{\partial^{2}w}{\partial x^{2}}\Bigg)\ \overline{D}_1
- \Bigg(\overline{C}_3\overline{C}_5\dfrac{\alpha^{*}k_s w}{U\big(1+\alpha^{*}k_s(\frac{w}{q_u})\big)} - A_1 \frac{\partial^{2}w}{\partial x^{2}}\Bigg)\ \overline{D}_2\\
\intertext{The Mobilised Tension for middle reinforcement is}
\frac{\partial T_2}{\partial x} = & -\Bigg(\frac{1}{\overline{C}_1} \Big(q+A_2\frac{\partial^{2}w}{\partial x^{2}} \Big) +G_2 H_2\frac{\partial^{2}w}{\partial x^{2}} \Bigg)\ \overline{D}_3 \label{e34c} \\
& - \Bigg( \overline{C}_5 \dfrac{\alpha^{*}k_s w}{U\big(1+\alpha^{*}k_s(\frac{w}{q_u})\big)} - A_3 \frac{\partial^{2}w}{\partial x^{2}} \Bigg)\ \overline{D}_4 \nonumber
\intertext{The Mobilised Tension for bottom reinforcement is}
\frac{\partial T_3}{\partial x} = & -\Biggl(\frac{1}{\overline{C}_3}\Bigg(\frac{1}{\overline{C}_1}\Big(q+A_2\frac{\partial^{2}w}{\partial x^{2}} \Big)+A_4\frac{\partial^{2}w}{\partial x^{2}}\Bigg)+G_3 H_3\frac{\partial^{2}w}{\partial x^{2}} \Biggl)\ \overline{D}_5 \label{e34d} \\
& - \Bigg( \dfrac{\alpha^{*}k_s w}{U\big(1+\alpha^{*}k_s(\frac{w}{q_u})\big)} - G_4H_4 \frac{\partial^{2}w}{\partial x^{2}} \Bigg)\ \overline{D}_6 \nonumber
\end{align}
\end{subequations}'
\end{align}
\end{subequations}'
Please help me with the same.
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Split a long Equation with common curly Braces
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Re: Split a long Equation with common curly Braces
\documentclass[11pt,a4paper,oneside]{report}
\usepackage{graphicx,amsmath,amssymb,float,color,verbatim}
\usepackage[a4paper,top=2.5cm,left=3.5cm,right=2.5cm,bottom=2.5cm]{geometry}
\begin{document}
\begin{subequations}\label{e34}
The Normal Stress are given by
\begin{align}
q = & \overline{C}_1\overline{C}_3\overline{C}_5\dfrac{\alpha^{*}k_s w}{U\big(1+\alpha^{*}k_s(\frac{w}{q_u})\big)}- \dfrac{\partial^{2}w}{\partial x^{2}}\Bigg(G_1 H_1+\overline{C}_2(T_p+T_1)\cos\theta+G_2 H_2\overline{C}_1 \label{e34a}\\
&+ G_3 H_3 \overline{C}_1 \overline{C}_3+G_4 H_4 \overline{C}_1 \overline{C}_3\overline{C}_5+ \overline{C}_1\overline{C}_4(T_p+T_2)\cos\theta+
\overline{C}_1\overline{C}_3\overline{C}_6(T_p+T_3)\cos\theta\Bigg)\nonumber\\
\intertext{The Mobilised Tension for top reinforcement is}
\frac{\partial T_1}{\partial x} = & -\Bigg(q+G_1H_1\frac{\partial^{2}w}{\partial x^{2}}\Bigg)\ \overline{D}_1
- \Bigg(\overline{C}_3\overline{C}_5\dfrac{\alpha^{*}k_s w}{U\big(1+\alpha^{*}k_s(\frac{w}{q_u})\big)} - A_1 \frac{\partial^{2}w}{\partial x^{2}}\Bigg)\ \overline{D}_2\\
\intertext{The Mobilised Tension for middle reinforcement is}
\frac{\partial T_2}{\partial x} = & -\Bigg(\frac{1}{\overline{C}_1} \Big(q+A_2\frac{\partial^{2}w}{\partial x^{2}} \Big) +G_2 H_2\frac{\partial^{2}w}{\partial x^{2}} \Bigg)\ \overline{D}_3 \label{e34c} \\
& - \Bigg( \overline{C}_5 \dfrac{\alpha^{*}k_s w}{U\big(1+\alpha^{*}k_s(\frac{w}{q_u})\big)} - A_3 \frac{\partial^{2}w}{\partial x^{2}} \Bigg)\ \overline{D}_4 \nonumber
\intertext{The Mobilised Tension for bottom reinforcement is}
\frac{\partial T_3}{\partial x} = & -\Biggl(\frac{1}{\overline{C}_3}\Bigg(\frac{1}{\overline{C}_1}\Big(q+A_2\frac{\partial^{2}w}{\partial x^{2}} \Big)+A_4\frac{\partial^{2}w}{\partial x^{2}}\Bigg)+G_3 H_3\frac{\partial^{2}w}{\partial x^{2}} \Biggl)\ \overline{D}_5 \label{e34d} \\
& - \Bigg( \dfrac{\alpha^{*}k_s w}{U\big(1+\alpha^{*}k_s(\frac{w}{q_u})\big)} - G_4H_4 \frac{\partial^{2}w}{\partial x^{2}} \Bigg)\ \overline{D}_6 \nonumber
\end{align}
\end{subequations}
\end{document}
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