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Pure Bending
three fundamental equations which must be satisfied by the normal
stresses in any given cross section of the member. In Sec. 4.3, it will
be proved that transverse sections remain plane in a member sub-
jected to pure bending, while in Sec. 4.4 formulas will be developed
that can be used to determine the normal stresses, as well as the
radius of curvature for that member within the elastic range.
In Sec. 4.6, you will study the stresses and deformations in com-
posite members made of more than one material, such as reinforced-
concrete beams, which utilize the best features of steel and concrete
and are extensively used in the construction of buildings and bridges.
You will learn to draw a transformed section representing the section
of a member made of a homogeneous material that undergoes the
same deformations as the composite member under the same load-
ing. The transformed section will be used to find the stresses and
deformations in the original composite member. Section 4.7 is
devoted to the determination of the stress concentrations occurring
at locations where the cross section of a member undergoes a sudden
change.
In the next part of the chapter you will study plastic deforma-
tions in bending, i.e., the deformations of members which are made
of a material which does not follow Hooke’s law and are subjected
to bending. After a general discussion of the deformations of such
members (Sec. 4.8), you will investigate the stresses and deforma-
tions in members made of an elastoplastic material (Sec. 4.9). Start-
ing with the maximum elastic moment M
Y
, which corresponds to the
onset of yield, you will consider the effects of increasingly larger
moments until the plastic moment M
p
is reached, at which time the
member has yielded fully. You will also learn to determine the per-
manent deformations and residual stresses that result from such load-
ings (Sec. 4.11). It should be noted that during the past half-century
the elastoplastic property of steel has been widely used to produce
designs resulting in both improved safety and economy.
In Sec. 4.12, you will learn to analyze an eccentric axial loading
in a plane of symmetry, such as the one shown in Fig. 4.4, by super-
posing the stresses due to pure bending and the stresses due to a
centric axial loading.
Your study of the bending of prismatic members will conclude
with the analysis of unsymmetric bending (Sec. 4.13), and the study
of the general case of eccentric axial loading (Sec. 4.14). The final
section of the chapter will be devoted to the determination of the
stresses in curved members (Sec. 4.15).
4.2 SYMMETRIC MEMBER IN PURE BENDING
Consider a prismatic member AB possessing a plane of symmetry
and subjected to equal and opposite couples M and M9 acting in that
plane (Fig. 4.5a). We observe that if a section is passed through the
member AB at some arbitrary point C, the conditions of equilibrium
of the portion AC of the member require that the internal forces in
the section be equivalent to the couple M (Fig. 4.5b). Thus, the
internal forces in any cross section of a symmetric member in pure
bending are equivalent to a couple. The moment M of that couple
A
C
M
M'
(b)
Fig. 4.5 Member in pure bending.
A
B
C
M
M'
(a)
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