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UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA

SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING
DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

MEC 3351 – Strength of Materials I


Beam Stresses Assignment Due: 19th April 2024
Answer ALL questions but you will be advised on the due date which questions to respond to in
class.

1. An I-beam has flanges 10cm wide and 1cm thick and web 12cm high and 1cm thick is shown Figure
Q1. If this section is subjected to a bending moment of 1000kg.m and a shearing force of 1000kg,
find the maximum tensile and shear stresses in it.

1cm

12cm

1cm

1cm
Figure Q1
10cm

2. An ornamental beam is in the form of a cross as shown in Figure Q2. This beam has a span of 4 m
and carries a uniformly distributed load of 2000kg/m inclusive of its weight. Determine the
maximum shear stress in the section and draw the shear stress distribution for the cross-section.

9cm

20cm 2cm

2cm

20cm

Figure Q2

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3. A cantilever beam 2m long is fixes at one end and it is free at other end. It carries a
uniformly distributed load of intensity 600kg per metre run. The cross-section of the beam
is shown in Figure Q3. Calculate the stresses in the material due to bending.

8cm

10cm

4cm

2cm 10cm 2cm

Figure Q3

4. A uniformly tapered cantilever of circular solid cross-section is fixed at one end


and carries a concentrated load P at the free end as shown in Figure Q4. The
diameter at the end is 20cm and increases uniformly to 40cm at the fixed end over
a length of 2 metres.

a) At what distance from the free end will the bending stresses in the cantilever be
maximum?

b) Calculate the value of the maximum bending stress if the concentrated load P=
2970kg.

Figure Q4

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