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The two shears cause tensile and compressive force on mutually perpendicular
planes. The intensity of shear stress on the section of a beam is not constant
from top to bottom of the section, nor it is exactly constant across the width of
the section, but for all practical purposes, we may assume it constant.
Fig. 6.1
The variation of the vertical shearing force may be determined as follows:
Consider a beam of uniform section subjected to bending moment M at the
section AC and a bending moment M + 6M at the section BD, theo sections being
8x apart as shown in Fig. 6.1 (a). Let a be the stress at E due to M on a small
area of width b and thickness y [Fig. 6.1.(b)] and a1 the stress at F on a
corresponding area of the cross- section. Then
6.2 SHEAR STRESS DISTRIBUTION IN A BEAM OF RECTANGULAR CROSS-
SECTION
Consider a beam of rectangular cross-section of width 1 and depth h as shown in
Fig.
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6.5 SHEAR STRESS DISTRIBUTION IN T-SECTION BEAM
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6.6 SHEAR STRESS DISTRIBUTION IN CHANNEL SECTION BEAM
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6.7 SHEAR STRESS DSTRIBUTION IN A SQUARE-SECTION
If the transverse load passes through the shear centre, then there shall be only
bending of the cross-section and no twisting.
6.8.1 LOCATION OF SHEAR CENTRE FOR SYMMETRICAL SECTIONS
The principle involved in locating the shear centre is that the loads acting on the
beam must lie in a plane which contains the resultant shear force on each cross-
section of the beam as computed from the shearing stresses produced in the
beam when it is loaded so that it does not twist as it bends. This amounts to
locating the line of action of the resultant shearing force on the section.
UNEQUAL I-SECTION
Consider an unequal I-section as shown in Fig. 6.8 (a).The shear flow lines are
shown in this figure.
The shear force F1 acting on the smaller flange is shown in fig. 6.8 (b).
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1-CHANNEL-SECTION
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2-SEMI-CIRCULAR ARC
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