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axis. The determination of the maximum value of |M| and of the critical
section of the beam in which it occurs is greatly simplified if we draw
a shear diagram and a bending-moment diagram. These diagrams rep-
resent, respectively, the variation of the shear and of the bending
moment along the beam and were obtained by determining the values
of V and M at selected points of the beam [Sec. 5.2]. These values
were found by passing a section through the point where they were
to be determined and drawing the free-body diagram of either of the
portions of beam obtained in this fashion. To avoid any confusion
regarding the sense of the shearing force V and of the bending couple
M (which act in opposite sense on the two portions of the beam), we
followed the sign convention adopted earlier in the text as illustrated
in Fig. 5.24 [Examples 5.01 and 5.02, Sample Probs. 5.1 and 5.2].
The construction of the shear and bending-moment diagrams is
facilitated if the following relations are taken into account [Sec. 5.3].
Denoting by w the distributed load per unit length (assumed positive
if directed downward), we wrote
d
V
d
52w
dM
d
5 V
(5.5, 5.7)
or, in integrated form,
V
D
2 V
C
52
area under load curve between C and D
(5.69)
M
D
2 M
C
5 area under shear curve between C and D (5.89)
Equation (5.69) makes it possible to draw the shear diagram of a beam
from the curve representing the distributed load on that beam and the
value of V at one end of the beam. Similarly, Eq. (5.89) makes it pos-
sible to draw the bending-moment diagram from the shear diagram
and the value of M at one end of the beam. However, concentrated
loads introduce discontinuities in the shear diagram and concentrated
couples in the bending-moment diagram, none of which is accounted
for in these equations [Sample Probs. 5.3 and 5.6]. Finally, we noted
from Eq. (5.7) that the points of the beam where the bending moment
is maximum or minimum are also the points where the shear is zero
[Sample Prob. 5.4].
A proper procedure for the design of a prismatic beam was
described in Sec. 5.4 and is summarized here:
Having determined s
all
for the material used and assuming that
the design of the beam is controlled by the maximum normal stress
in the beam, compute the minimum allowable value of the section
modulus:
S
min
5
Z
Z
max
s
ll
(5.9)
For a timber beam of rectangular cross section, S 5
1
6
bh
2
,
where b is the width of the beam and h its depth. The dimensions
of the section, therefore, must be selected so that
1
6
bh
2
$ S
min
.
For a rolled-steel beam, consult the appropriate table in Appen-
dix C. Of the available beam sections, consider only those with a
Relations among load, shear,
and bending moment
Relations among load, shear,
and bending moment
Design of prismatic beamsDesign of prismatic beams
Review and Summary
V
M
M'
V'
(a) Internal forces
(
ositive shear and
ositive bendin
moment)
Fig. 5.24
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