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Module I Lecture 4

The document discusses the analysis of doubly symmetric beams subjected to inclined loads, emphasizing the importance of load application through the centroid to prevent twisting. It outlines sign conventions for bending moments and their effects on normal stresses, detailing how positive moments induce tension and compression in different parts of the beam. Additionally, it introduces the concept of the neutral axis, which is determined by setting normal stress to zero.

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Module I Lecture 4

The document discusses the analysis of doubly symmetric beams subjected to inclined loads, emphasizing the importance of load application through the centroid to prevent twisting. It outlines sign conventions for bending moments and their effects on normal stresses, detailing how positive moments induce tension and compression in different parts of the beam. Additionally, it introduces the concept of the neutral axis, which is determined by setting normal stress to zero.

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Analysis of

Structures- I
Module I
Lecture 4
Unsymmetrical Bending

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Doubly Symmetric Beams with Inclined Loads

Doubly symmetric beam with an inclined load


Beam with a lateral load acting in a plane of symmetry

• Beams possessing a longitudinal plane of symmetry (the xy • Beams that have a doubly symmetric cross
plane) section (both the xy and xz planes are planes
• Supporting lateral loads acting in that same plane. of symmetry).
• The inclined loads must act through the
centroid of the cross section to avoid twisting
the beam about the longitudinal axis.
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Sign Conventions for Bending Moments

• The bending moments and acting about the y and z axes,


respectively, are represented as vectors using double-
headed arrows.

• The moments are positive when their vectors point in the


positive directions of the corresponding axes, and the right-
hand rule for vectors gives the direction of rotation
(indicated by the curved arrows in the figure).

• A positive bending moment produces compression on the right-hand side of the beam
(the negative z side) and tension on the left-hand side (the positive z side).
• A positive moment produces compression on the upper part of the beam (where y is
positive) and tension on the lower part (where y is negative).
• It is important to note that the bending moments act on the positive x face of a segment
of the beam. 4
Normal Stresses (Bending Stresses)
• The normal stresses associated with the individual bending
moments My and Mz are obtained from the flexure formula.

• These stresses are then superposed to give the stresses


produced by both moments acting simultaneously.

• Consider the stresses at a point in the cross section having


positive coordinates y and z (point A). A positive moment
produces tension at this point and a positive moment produces
compression; thus, the normal stress at point A is

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Neutral Axis
The equation of the neutral axis can be determined by equating the normal stress to zero

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Refere
1.nce
Gere, J. M. (2004). Mechanics of Materials. Brooks/Cole Thomson Learning.

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