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
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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.