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Buckling and stability
and from diagram we can say that total rotation is 2θ then the restoring moment iii) Taking…
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Introduction Columns and Struts
a) If a compression member is relatively slender, it may deflect laterally and fail by bending…
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Macaulay’s method
a.)Macaulay functions are used to represent quantities that “begin” at some particular point on the…
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Moment area method
a.)First Moment-Area Theorem The angle between the tangents, denoted, is equal to the difference between and …
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Differential equation of the deflection curve
a.) To obtain the equation of the deflection curve, we must express the deflection vas a…
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Deflection of Beams: Introduction
a) When a beam with a straight longitudinal axis is loaded by lateral forces, the axis…
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Composite beams
a) Beams that are fabricated of more than one material are called composite beams. b) ii) Assumptions…
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Shear stresses in beams of rectangular cross section
a) When a beam is in pure bending, the only stress resultants are the bending moments…
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Normal Stresses in Beams (Linearly Elastic Materials)
a) ) b) Now combining Strain curvature relation and Hooke’s Law we can get the Normal Stresses In…
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Pure bending
a) i) Curvature is a measure of how sharply a beam is bent ii) If the load…