Figure 9

Anticlastic curvature =

The relation obtained show that the elements located above the neutral surface ( y > 0 ), will expand in both the y and z direction, while the elements located below the neutral surface ( y < 0 ) will contract. In the case of a member of a rectangle cross section, the expansion and contraction of various elements in the vertical direction will compensate, and no change in the vertical dimension of cross section will be observed. As concerned, however, the expansion of the elements located above the neutral surface and the corresponding contraction of the elements located below that surface will result in the various horizontal lines in section being bent into arcs of circle. The situation observed here is similar to that observed earlier in a longitudinal cross section. We can conclude that the neutral axis of transverse section will be bent into a circle of radius = / v .

Note : The radius of curvature , , captures the intensity with which a segment of a beam has deformed in bending and is defined as the radius of circle into which a longitudinal line of the initially straight beam has deformed. The reciprocal , K = 1/ , is referred to as the curvature.