Tutorial 7
Tutorial 7
Tutorial 7
│TUTORIAL 7│
1. A beam is simply supported and carries a uniformly distributed load of 26 kN/m over the entire
span of the beam. If the beam has the following cross section, calculate the maximum shear stress
induced in the following beam.
26 kN/m
A B 250 mm
2m
200 mm
2. A hollow square box beam has the cross section as shown in the following figure. Calculate the
maximum and minimum shear stresses induced in the webs of the beam due to a shear force V = 60
kN. 20 mm
20 mm 240 mm
3. A 2-m cantilever beam supports a point load of 15 kN at its free end. The cross section of the
beam is shown in the following figure. Draw the distribution of shear stress diagram induced in the
beam section under the maximum shear force .
200 mm
150 mm
4. A beam is subjected to a shear force of 70 kN. If the beam has the following cross section,
calculate the maximum and minimum shear stresses induced in the web of the beam.
70 mm 10 mm 70 mm
24 mm
24 mm
5. A simply supported rectangular beam carries a point load P at midspan as shown in the following
figure. The cross section has dimensions 150 mm x 200 mm. Calculate the maximum permissible
value of the load P that the beam can carry if σallow = 7 MPa and τallow= 1 MPa.
A B
0.5 m 0.5 m
(Ans. 28 kN)
6. A simple beam has a span length of 14 m and supports a uniformly distributed load W. The
beam section is shown in the following figure. Determine the maximum permissible load W that the
beam can carry if τallow= 50 MPa.
450 mm
30mm
x x
1800 mm
15 mm
30mm
7. A sim
mply suppoorted beam carries a uuniformly distributed
d lo
oad and a ppoint load as shown inn the
followingg figures. Determine e the maximmum bend ding stressees induced in the beam
m and draw w the
distribution of shear stress diagrram inducedd in the beaam section under
u maximum sheear force.
the ma
2
(Ans. σ = 119.48 N/mm
N )