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The document contains a chapter about bending stress in beams. It includes 12 exercises with example beam structures and loading conditions. The exercises ask the reader to calculate shear forces, bending moments, stresses, moments of resistance, and maximum loads for different beam designs including simple beams, composite beams, reinforced concrete beams, and reinforced timber beams. Solutions and answers are provided for each exercise.

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TUT 1 Bending Stress

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18 CHAPTER 1.

BENDING STRESS IN BEAMS

1.3 Exercises
1.3.1 Simple Bending Theory
Exercise 1.1. A beam of length 7 m is simply supported at two positions, one
at 1 m from the left hand end and the other at 2 m from the right hand end
as shown in Fig. 1.17. The cross-section of the beam is a hollow rectangle
as shown. The beam is subjected to a uniformly distributed load, including
its own weight, of intensity 4 kN/m over its entire length, together with
concentrated vertical loads of 7 kN at the left hand end and 9 kN at 1 m
from the right hand end. Determine:
(a) The magnitude and position of the greatest shear force.
(b) The magnitude and position of the greatest bending moment.
(c) The greatest bending stress.

Figure 1.17: S.S.B. carrying a udl and point loads

Answer. SFmax = 17 kN at support B, BMmax = −17 kN m at support


B, σmax = −94.6 M P a.
Exercise 1.2. A beam is loaded as shown in Fig. 1.18. The cross-section
is also shown. Calculate the maximum tensile and compressive stresses in
the beam due to the load q(hint: start by drawing the shear force and bending
moment diagrams).

Answer. σt,max = 47.3 M P a, σc,max = −84.1 M P a


Exercise 1.3. (a) The cross-section of a beam has dimensions as shown
in Fig. 1.19. If the beam is subjected to a sagging bending moment
of 100 kN m applied in a vertical plane, determine the distribution of
direct stress through the depth of the section.
1.3. EXERCISES 19

Figure 1.18: S.S.B. carrying a udl

(b) Determine the distribution of the direct stress in the beam in part (a) if
the bending moment is applied in a horizontal plane and in a clockwise
sense about Gy when viewed in the direction yG.

Figure 1.19: Beam x-section

Answer. σt,max = 77.4 N/mm2 , σc,max = −77.4 N/mm2


σt,max = 370 N/mm2 , σc,max = −370 N/mm2
Note 1.1. It is noted that the maximum stresses in part (b) are much greater
than those in part (a) for the same value of bending moment. This is because
the bulk of the material in the beam section is now concentrated near the
neutral axis where the stresses are low. It is therefore not advisable to use an
I–section beam in this manner.
Exercise 1.4. A wooden beam ABCD of rectangular cross-section (100mm×
200mm) is loaded as shown in Fig. 1.20. If P = 20 kN , L = 3 m and
a = 0.5 m, determine the maximum bending stress (σmax ) due to the following
loads:
20 CHAPTER 1. BENDING STRESS IN BEAMS

(a) Forces P acting alone


(b) The weight of the beam acting alone
(c) Forces P and weight of the beam acting simultaneously.
Assume the specific weight of wood γ = 5.5 kN/m3

Figure 1.20: Wooden beam supporting point loads

Answer. 15 M P a, 164.9 KP a, 15.01 M P a

1.3.2 Composite Beams


Exercise 1.5. A wooden beam, 30 mm wide and 60 mm deep is reinforced
by two similar steel plates 30 mm wide and 0 t0 mm thick each. The steel
plates are secured to the upper and lower faces of the beam. Calculate 0 t0 in
order that the beam may resist a bending moment of 600 N m in the vertical
plane without the maximum stress in the wood exceeding 6 M P a. Assume the
following values for Young’s modulus: Esteel = 200 GP a, Esteel = 20 Ewood .
Answer. 2.12 mm
Exercise 1.6. A simply supported beam of span 3.5 m carries a uniformly
distributed load of 46.5 kN/m. The beam has a box section as shown in Fig.
1.21. Determine the required thickness of the steel plates if the allowable
stresses are 124 N/mm2 for the steel and 8 N/mm2 for the timber. Assume
the modular ratio of steel to timber is 20.

Answer. tmin = 16.95 mm


Exercise 1.7. Fig. 1.22 shows a timber beam 80 mm × 120 mm reinforced
by two similar steel plates of cross-section 6 mm × 80 mm. Calculate:
• The moment of resistance of the reinforced beam if the maximum stress
in the timber is limited to 7.5 M N/m2 and that in the steel to 160 M N/m2
1.3. EXERCISES 21

Figure 1.21: Steel reinforced timber beam

• The maximum uniformly distributed load that the beam can carry on a
simply supported span of 6 m. Assume Esteel = 200 GP a, Etimber =
10 GP a.

Figure 1.22: Steel reinforced timber beam

Answer. M = 2.49 kN m, ω = 0.55 kN/m

Exercise 1.8. Fig. 1.23 shows a rectangular cross-section concrete beam


reinforced with steel rods (four on each row) of diameter 20 mm. The steel
rods are placed on the tensile side of the beam with their locations indicated
(in mm). Calculate the magnitude of the maximum bending moment that the
22 CHAPTER 1. BENDING STRESS IN BEAMS

beam can carry if the limiting stresses are 146 M P a and 7 M P a for steel
and concrete, respectively. Assume the ratio

Esteel
= 20.86
Econcrete

Figure 1.23: Steel reinforced concrete beam

Answer. Mmax = 396 kN m

Exercise 1.9. A timber beam of rectangular x-section 100 mm × 50 mm


and simply supported at the ends of a 2 m span has a 30 mm × 10 mm
steel strip securely fixed on the top surface to protect the timber from trolley
wheels (see Fig. 1.24). When the trolley is exerting a force of 2 kN at
midspan, determine the maximum and minimum stresses in both materials
of the beam. Use both the equivalent timber section and the equivalent steel
section and compare the results. Show on a sketch the distribution of bending
stress over the depth of the beam. Assume the ratio

Esteel
= 20
Etimber

Answer. σT = 6.4 M P a, σT = −1.6 M P a, σs = −32 M P a σs =


−48 M P a
1.3. EXERCISES 23

Figure 1.24: Reinforced timber beam

Exercise 1.10. A timber beam 160 mm wide and 320 mm deep is to be


reinforced by two steel plates 10 mm thick firmly attached to its sides and
symmetrically placed about the horizontal center line of the beam section.
If the beam is to carry a central concentrated load of 55 kN on a span of
2.8 m, and the maximum stress in timber is not to exceed 8.5 M P a, find the
minimum depth of the steel plates required assuming the beam to be simply
supported at the ends. Assume the ratio
Esteel
= 20
Etimber
.

Answer. 205 mm

Exercise 1.11. A composite beam is made of two timber joists each 100 mm
wide by 280 mm deep, with a steel plate 20 mm thick and 280 mm deep firmly
fixed between them. Calculate the moment of resistance of the combined beam
if the maximum stress in the timber is limited to 8.5 M P a. Determine also
the maximum uniformly distributed load which the beam can carry on a simply
supported span of 4.8 m. Assume Esteel = 200 GP a, Etimber = 10 GP a.

Answer. 66.6 kN m, 23.14 kN/m

Exercise 1.12. A steel tube of 60 mm outside diameter fits very accurately


over a brass rod of 30 mm diameter. Determine the moment of resistance
to bending of the assembly, assuming that the maximum stresses for steel
24 CHAPTER 1. BENDING STRESS IN BEAMS

and brass should not exceed 160 M P a and 120 M P a, respectively. Assume
Esteel = 200 GP a, Ebrass = 100 GP a.

Answer. 3.29 kN m

Further Reading
1. Case, J. et al. Strength of materials and structures, 4th ed., Arnold,
London, 1999.

2. Gere, J. M. Mechanics of Materials, 6th ed., Brooks/Cole-Thomson


Learning, Belmont, USA, 2004.

3. Rajput, R. K. Strength of Materials [Mechanics of Solids], Multicolour


illustrative revised Edition, S Chand & Company Ltd., New Delhi,
2004.

4. Megson, T. H. G. Structural and Stress Analysis, Arnold, London, 1996.

5. Benham, P. P. et al. Mechanics of Engineering Materials, 2nd ed.,


Longman Group Ltd., Harlow, England, 1996.
INDEX 25

Index

Composite beam formula, 3

Second moment of area


circular section, 3
parallel axis theorem, 3
rectangular section, 3
Section modulus, 2

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