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shearing stress at any point of a transverse section of the flange can
be obtained from Eq. (6.6), where Q is the first moment of the
shaded area about the neutral axis (Fig. 6.29a). We recall that a
similar result was obtained in Sec. 6.4 for the vertical component t
xy
of the shearing stress in the web (Fig. 6.29b). Equation (6.6) can be
used to determine shearing stresses in box beams (Fig. 6.30), half
pipes (Fig. 6.31), and other thin-walled members, as long as the loads
are applied in a plane of symmetry of the member. In each case, the
cut must be perpendicular to the surface of the member, and Eq. (6.6)
will yield the component of the shearing stress in the direction of the
tangent to that surface. (The other component may be assumed equal
to zero, in view of the proximity of the two free surfaces.)
†We recall that the concept of shear flow was used to analyze the distribution of shearing
stresses in thin-walled hollow shafts (Sec. 3.13). However, while the shear flow in a hollow
shaft is constant, the shear flow in a member under a transverse loading is not.
N.A.
xz
y
t
(a)
N.A.
xy
y
t
z
(b)
Fig. 6.29 Wide-flange beam.
N.A.
N.A.
xy
xz
xz
xy
t
t
zz
y
y
(a)(b)
Fig. 6.30 Box beam.
N.A.
z
y
t
C
Fig. 6.31 Half pipe beam.
B
N.A.
A
qq
CC'
B'
DE
D'
V
Fig. 6.32 Shear flow q
in box beam section.
N.A.
q
1
q
q ⫽ q
1
⫹ q
2
q
2
q
1
q
2
D
B
C
A'
E'E
V
Fig. 6.33 Shear flow q in
wide-flange beam section.
Comparing Eqs. (6.5) and (6.6), we note that the product of the
shearing stress t at a given point of the section and of the thickness
t of the section at that point is equal to q. Since V and I are constant
in any given section, q depends only upon the first moment Q and,
thus, can easily be sketched on the section. In the case of a box beam,
for example (Fig. 6.32), we note that q grows smoothly from zero at
A to a maximum value at C and C9 on the neutral axis, and then
decreases back to zero as E is reached. We also note that there is no
sudden variation in the magnitude of q as we pass a corner at B, D,
B9, or D9, and that the sense of q in the horizontal portions of the
section may be easily obtained from its sense in the vertical portions
(which is the same as the sense of the shear V). In the case of a wide-
flange section (Fig. 6.33), the values of q in portions AB and A9B of
the upper flange are distributed symmetrically. As we turn at B into
the web, the values of q corresponding to the two halves of the flange
must be combined to obtain the value of q at the top of the web.
After reaching a maximum value at C on the neutral axis, q decreases,
and at D splits into two equal parts corresponding to the two halves
of the lower flange. The name of shear flow commonly used to refer
to the shear per unit length, q, reflects the similarity between the
properties of q that we have just described and some of the charac-
teristics of a fluid flow through an open channel or pipe.†
6.7 Shearing Stresses in Thin-Walled Members
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