Mechanics of Materials III:
Beam Bending
Dr. Wayne Whiteman
Senior Academic Professional and Director of the Office of Student Services
Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering
Module 2 Learning Outcomes
Define the qualifications for a structure to be
treated as beam
Give examples of beam bending
Mechanics of Materials
Foundation for all structural and
machine design STRESSES
INTERNAL STRUCTURAL
ENGINEERING EXTERNAL
FORCES AND PERFORMANCE
STRUCTURE LOADS
MOMENTS
Axial STRAINS deformations/deflections
Torsional (Twisting) yield/fracture
Transverse/Flexural/Bending success/failure?
Combined Loading
Richard Kay [CC BY-SA 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
Beam Bending
Beam member loaded perpendicular to its
longitudinal axis
Examples:
Simply Supported Beam pins/rollers at ends
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exaggerated shape when loaded
Further classified as:
Pure bending
Flexure under constant bending moment
No shear force
Real World Engineering Examples:
Simply Supported Beam pins/rollers at ends
By Michiel1972 (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0
(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
By Ztonyi Sndor (ifj.), Fizped (Own work) [GFDL
(http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC BY
3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)],
via Wikimedia Commons
By El. -(Bardo) (Own work) [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC BY-SA 3.0
(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
Beam Bending
Examples:
Cantilever beam
exaggerated shape when loaded
Further classified as:
Pure bending
No shear force
Real World Engineering Examples:
Cantilever beam
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via Wikimedia Commons
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Real World Engineering Examples:
Cantilever beam
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(http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html)], via Wikimedia Commons
Beam Bending
Examples:
Non-uniform beam bending
Continuous beam
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Beam bending/flexure
with shear force
More Real World Engineering Examples:
Bridge deck chord structure
By Alethe (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0
(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) or GFDL
(http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html)], via Wikimedia Commons
More Real World Engineering Examples:
Machine workshop
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More Real World Engineering Examples:
Wooden beams
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More Real World Engineering Examples:
Concrete beams in a barn structure
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Beam Bending
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We will do theory development based on pure bending. But
we will use the results even when shear forces are present.
Classical Beam Theory
Often referred to as Euler-Bernoulli beam theory