Beam Behavior - Bending, Shear, and Deflection
Beam Behavior - Bending, Shear, and Deflection
Beam Behavior - Bending, Shear, and Deflection
Shear
stresses in a
beam of
rectangular
cross section
Shear Stresses in Beams
(Cont’d)
Bending of two
separate
beams
Shear Stresses in Beams
(Cont’d)
Shear Stresses in Beams
(Cont’d)
Partial free-body
diagram of sub-element
showing all horizontal
forces
Shear Stresses in Beams
(Cont’d)
Distribution of shear stresses in a
beam of rectangular cross section:
(a) cross section of beam, and
(b) diagram showing the parabolic
distribution of shear stresses over the
height of the beam
Shear Stresses in Beams
(Cont’d)
Sign
convention for
curvature
The Moment-Area Method
• The most common method of
calculating the deflection at any point
along a beam
• Equation 12-14
–
The Moment-Area Method
(Cont’d)
Deflections of a
simple beam with
a uniform load
The Moment Area Method
(Cont’d)
The Moment Area Method
(Cont’d)
Deflections of
a cantilever
beam with a
uniform load
The Moment Area Method
(Cont’d)
The Moment Area Method
(Cont’d)
Deflections of a
simple beam with a
concentrated load
The Moment Area Method
(Cont’d)
Free-body diagrams
used in determining
the bending
moments
The Moment Area Method
(Cont’d)
Deflections of a
cantilever beam
with a triangular
load
The Moment Area Method
(Cont’d)
Deflections of
a beam with
an overhang
The Moment Area Method
(Cont’d)
Simple beam
with two
loads
Standard Deflection Formulas and
Super positioning
Standard Deflection Formulas and
Super positioning (Cont’d)
Standard Deflection Formulas and
Super positioning (Cont’d)
Deflection Strength Failure:
Ponding
• The retention of water on a flat or semi-
flat roof during periods of heavy rainfall
or snow melt