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Calculation of Shear Center

This lecture discusses shear centers and how to calculate them. It begins by listing topics related to shear stresses and flows. It then defines a shear center as the point where a transverse force will not cause torsion in a thin-walled beam. Methods for calculating the shear center position are presented for open and closed cross sections, using either continuous or discrete approaches. Properties of symmetrical sections are described. Examples are provided to illustrate the calculations. The next lecture will cover examples of calculating shear flows.

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Calculation of Shear Center

This lecture discusses shear centers and how to calculate them. It begins by listing topics related to shear stresses and flows. It then defines a shear center as the point where a transverse force will not cause torsion in a thin-walled beam. Methods for calculating the shear center position are presented for open and closed cross sections, using either continuous or discrete approaches. Properties of symmetrical sections are described. Examples are provided to illustrate the calculations. The next lecture will cover examples of calculating shear flows.

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Lecture #9

Shear center

SHEAR STRESSES RELATED


QUESTIONS
- shear flows due to the shear force, with no torsion;
- shear center;
- torsion of closed contour;
- torsion of opened contour, restrained torsion and
deplanation;
- shear flows in the closed contour under combined action
of bending and torsion;
- twisting angles;
- shear flows in multiple-closed contours.
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SHEAR CENTER - ILLUSTRATION

PROPERTIES SHEAR CENTER

1. The transverse force applied at shear center does


not lead to the torsion of thin-walled beam.
2. The shear center is a center of rotation for a section
of thin-walled beam subjected to pure torsion.
3. The shear center is a position of shear flows
resultant force, if the thin-walled beam is subjected to
pure shear.

CALCULATION OF SHEAR CENTER


POSITION
FOR OPENED CROSS SECTION

Way of calculation:
1) calculate shear flows q from the arbitrary chosen
force Qy;
2)calculate the moment of shear flows

MC (q) about

some point C;
3)the X coordinate of SC will be

X SC

MC q
XC
Qy

4)make similar calculations to find

YSC.

CALCULATION OF SHEAR CENTER


POSITION
FOR OPENED CROSS SECTION EXAMPLE
Given
Continuous
Discrete
cross section

approach

approach

Value of vertical force is chosen arbitrary (100 kN).

CALCULATION OF SHEAR CENTER


POSITION
FOR OPENED CROSS SECTION Discrete approach
Continuous approach
EXAMPLE

q , kN m

CALCULATION OF SHEAR CENTER


POSITION
Properties of symmetrical cross sections:

1) The shear center lays on the axis of symmetry.


2) Thus, for twice symmetrical section the shear
center is the point of symmetry axes intersection.
If the cross section is composed of segments converging
in a single point, this point is the shear center:

CALCULATION OF SHEAR CENTER


POSITION
FOR CLOSED CROSS SECTION

For closed cross section, we use equilibrium


equations for moments to find q0. Thus, moment of
shear flows MC (q) would depend on the position of
force Qy and would not be useful to find XSC.
We find the shear center position from the condition
that the twist angle should correspond to the
torsional moment which is calculated as Qy
multiplied by the distance to shear center:

M T Q y X Q X SC

G I
dz

CALCULATION OF SHEAR CENTER


POSITION
FOR CLOSED CROSS SECTION
Thus, we need to calculate the torsional rigidity of
wingbox GI and relative twist angle d /dz :

G I
dt
G

d
qq
1

dt , q

dz
G

We will study these calculations in detail next semester.


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CALCULATION OF SHEAR CENTER


POSITION
FOR CLOSED CROSS SECTION EXAMPLE
shear center

q t , kN m

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WHERE TO FIND MORE INFORMATION?

Megson. An Introduction to Aircraft Structural Analysis. 2010

Paragraph 16.2.1 for opened cross sections,


paragraph 16.3.2 for closed cross sections

Internet is boundless

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TOPIC OF THE NEXT LECTURE

Examples of shear flow calculations

All materials of our course are available


at department website k102.khai.edu
1. Go to the page
2. Press Structural Mechanics (lecturer Vakulenko S.V.)
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