BICOLUNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

Department of Civil Engineering

Worksheet in RCD (Basic Concepts in Flexure and Shear in Beams)
INSTRUCTION: Draw the appropriate figure/s and show the correct, neat and step by step solution and write a
summary of answers..
NAME: _____________________________Yr & Sec_______DATE: ______ Rating: ____

Formulas:

𝑴𝒄
1. Bending Stress 𝝈 =
𝑰

𝑽𝑸
2. Shearing Stress 𝝉 =
𝑰𝒃
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Problem 1.

A T – beam is made up of 2 – 80 mm x 300

mm and is used to carry a bending
moment of +120 kNm. Determine the
following:

a. Maximum tensile stress

b. Maximum compressive stress
c. Maximum shearing stress
d. Compressive force in the flange
e. Total tensile force in the web
 BICOLUNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
Department of Civil Engineering
Worksheet in RCD (Basic Concepts in Flexure and Shear in Beams)
INSTRUCTION: Draw the appropriate figure/s and show the correct, neat and step by step solution and write a
summary of answers..
NAME: _____________________________Yr & Sec_______DATE: ______ Rating: ____
Problem 2:

Consider a 100-mm-long segment of a

simply supported beam. The internal
bending moments on the left and right
sides of the segment are 75 kN-m and 80
kN-m, respectively.
Determine the maximum horizontal shear
stress in the beam at this location.