4.

10

Bending

77

Fig. 4.14. Eccentric loading of rectangular sections-"middle

third".

Therefore for zero tensile stress in the presence of an eccentric compressive load ~=~ A 4
=ex-x
1td2

d
2

64 nd4

d e=8
Thus the limiting region for application of the load is the shaded circular area of diameter d/4 (shown in Fig. 4.15) which is termed the middle quarter.

Fig. 4.15. Eccentric loading of circular sections-"middle

quarter".

4.10. Shear stresses owing to bending It can be shown that any cross-section of a beam subjected to bending by transverse loads experiences not only direct stressesas given by the bending theory but also shear stresses.The magnitudes of these shear stressesat a particular section is always such that they sum up to the total shear force Q at that section. A full treatment of the procedures used to determine the distribution of the shear stresses is given. in Chapter 7.