9.8 VIRTUAL STRAIN ENERGY CAUSED BY AXIAL LOAD, SHEAR, TORSION, AND TEMPERATURE 375
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9.8 Virtual Strain Energy Caused by Axial
Load, Shear, Torsion, and Temperature
Although deflections of beams and frames are caused primarily by
bending strain energy, in some structures the additional strain energy
of axial load, shear, torsion, and perhaps temperature may become
important. Each of these effects will now be considered.
Axial Load. Frame members can be subjected to axial loads, and the
virtual strain energy caused by these loadings has been established in
Sec. 9–4. For members having a constant cross-sectional area, we have
(9–24)
where
internal virtual axial load caused by the external virtual unit load.
internal axial force in the member caused by the real loads.
modulus of elasticity for the material.
cross-sectional area of the member.
member’s length.
Shear. In order to determine the virtual strain energy in a beam due
to shear, we will consider the beam element dx shown in Fig. 9–22. The
shearing distortion dy of the element as caused by the real loads is
If the shearing strain is caused by linear elastic material
response, then Hooke’s law applies, Therefore,
We can express the shear stress as where K is a form factor
that depends upon the shape of the beam’s cross-sectional area A.
Hence, we can write The internal virtual work done
by a virtual shear force , acting on the element while it is deformed dy,
is therefore For the entire beam, the
virtual strain energy is determined by integration.
(9–25)
where
internal virtual shear in the member, expressed as a function of x
and caused by the external virtual unit load.
internal shear in the member, expressed as a function of x and
caused by the real loads.
cross-sectional area of the member.
form factor for the cross-sectional area:
for rectangular cross sections.
for circular cross sections.
for wide-flange and I-beams, where A is the area of the web.
shear modulus of elasticity for the material. G =
K L 1
K = 10>9
K = 1.2
K =
A =
V =
v =
U
s
=
L
L
0
Ka
vV
GA
b dx
dU
s
= v dy = v1KV>GA2 dx.
v
dy = K1V>GA2 dx.
t = K1V>A2,
dy = 1t>G2 dx.g = t>G.
gdy = g dx.
L =
A =
E =
N =
n =
U
n
=
nNL
AE
Fig. 9–22
VV
dx
dy