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STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS

Bending stress and shearing stress

STRESSES IN BEAMS
 Stresses in beams
□ When beam is subjected to lateral
loads it bends until either a state of
equilibrium (stresses induced in a fibres
are just below maximum permitted
values) is reached, or beam fails.
 Bending stresses & Shearing stresses

□ Bending stresses are □ Shearing stresses

longitudinal stresses, are lateral or
i.e. acting parallel longitudinal stresses
to the longitudinal acting tangentially
axis of the beam, to the plane of
either tensile or reference, and are
compressive and induced by the
are induced by the application
application of shearing force
bending moment.
 Bending stress
□ M = fI □ M = Bending
y moment
□ I = Moment of
□M = f = E
Inertia
I y R
□ f = Stresses due to
bending
□ y = distance from
centroid
□ R = Radius of
curvature
 Shearing stress
□ τ = SAY □ S = shear force at cross-
section
It
□ A = area above the point
□ Y = distance of centroid of
the above area measured
from the centroid axis of
the section
□ I = Ixx
□ t = thickness of that point
 Example 1
A timber beam, having a cross section
50mm x 100mm is loaded as shown
□ Calculate the bending stress
□ Calculate the shear stress

5kN 5kN

3m 4m 3m
RL RR
 Example 2
□ Calculate the maximum bending
stress and shear stress in the beam
below
□ Plot the distributions where the
maximum stresses are found
5kN 3kN

150mm

1m 2m 1m
RL 100mm
RR
 Example 3
500mm

□ Repeat the 100mm

problem if the
cross-section is
400mm

100mm
 Example 4
□ Calculate the bending 300mm
stress and shear stress in
the beam below 50mm
□ Plot the distributions
where the maximum 50mm 200mm
are found
□ Given:
Maximum bending 50mm
moment = 10kNm
Maximum shear force =
10kN
 Tutorial 1
□ Calculate the maximum bending stress and
shear stress in the beam below
□ Plot the distributions where the maximum are
found
100mm

2kN/m
20mm

5m 1m
100mm
RL RR

20mm