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Textbook Solutions for Mechanics of Materials

Chapter 4 Problem 4.135

Question

The couple M acts in a vertical plane and is applied to a beam oriented as shown. Determine (a) the angle that the neutral axis forms with the horizontal, (b) the maximum tensile stress in the beam.

Solution

Step 1 of 5


The angle which Neutral Axis make with the
-axis is:

From Appendix E we can read the Moments of Inertia for Profile .

Appendix E:

Put all the known values into expression (1) to get:

Note that since

 

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Title Mechanics of Materials 7 
Author Ferdinand P. Beer; E. Russell Johnston Jr.; John T. DeWolf; David F. Mazurek
ISBN 9780073398235

The couple M acts in a vertical plane and is applied to a

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