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AE304 – Aircraft Structures I – Fall 2009
Due: Monday, October 19, 2009
Exercise 1:
A cantilevered beam with triangle cross‐section and the length L = 1.0 m is subjected to a 6 kN force through
its centroid as show in Figure 1. Determine the locations and values of the maximum tensile and compressive
normal stress. The dimensions of the cross‐section are h = 150 mm, b = 80 mm.
y
P
y
P
30O C x
z h
L
b
Figure 1
Exercise 2:
A cantilevered beam with L‐cross‐section is subjected to two loads as shown in Figure 2. Calculate the
maximum tensile and compressive values of the normal stress at location 50 in. from the free end.
20 lb
x
1in
2 in
50 in
z
25 lb
2 in
2 in
Figure 2
Exercise 3:
A thin‐walled cantilevered beam has a constant cross‐section of uniform thickness with the dimensions shown
in Figure 3. It is subjected to a system of point loads acting in the planes of the walls of the section in the
directions shown. Calculate the bending stress at the points 1, 2, and 3 of the cross section at the fixed end.
Dimensions of the cross‐section are in millimeters.
50 N
1
y
1.25
50 N
24
100 mm
C x 1.25
80 N 2 3
36
l00 mm
Cross‐section
Figure 3
Exercise 4:
A beam, simply supported at each end, has a thin‐walled cross section shown in Figure 4. If a uniformly
distributed loading of intensity q/unit length acts on the beam in the plane of the lower, horizontal flange,
calculate the maximum normal stress due to bending of the beam and sketch the distribution of the stress at
the section where the maximum occurs. The thickness t is to be taken as small in comparison with the other
cross sectional dimensions in calculating the section properties.
y
y 1
x
5a 3a
t x
t
2 3
q 4a
Cross‐section
z
Figure 4