Third Edition

CHAPTER

MECHANICS OF
MATERIALS
Ferdinand
P. Beer
E. Russell
Johnston, Jr.
John T. DeWolf

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Pure Bending
In the preceding chapters you studied how to determine the
stresses in prismatic members subjected to axial loads or to
twisting couples. In this chapter and in the following two you
will analyze the stresses and strains in prismatic members
subjected to bending. Bending is a major concept used in the
design of many machine and structural components, such as
beams and girders.
This chapter will be devoted to the analysis of prismatic
members subjected to equal and opposite couples M and M
acting in the same longitudinal plane. Such members are said to
be in pure bending.

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Centroids

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Centroids for Composite Shapes

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Moment of Inertia

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Beam Section Properties

The maximum normal stress due to bending,
Mc M

I
S
I section moment of inertia

I
section modulus
c

A beam section with a larger section modulus

will have a lower maximum stress
Consider a rectangular beam cross section,
3
1
I 12 bh
S
16 bh3 16 Ah
c
h2

Between two beams with the same cross

sectional area, the beam with the greater depth
will be more effective in resisting bending.

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Elastic Flexural Formula for Bending

1 Mc

c
Ec Ec I
M
E m M

EI

c
I
the above relation is called flexural formula for bending

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Pure Bending Example

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Pure Bending Sample Problem 4.1

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Assignment # II
Problems: 4.1-4.15
Due Date: 24-11-2014
Before 1030 am

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