AE114: Wednesday March 11, 2015

Exam 1 Review
Shear Center of an Open Section
Thick Skin with no Stringers
Lab Problem 1 Assigned

For a cantilever beam with a channel section, find

a) the distribution of the resisting shear flow due to a
vertical downward force of V = 100 lb
b) the horizontal location of shear center

First, find the shear flows beginning at a and working around to d

IxNA of this section has been computed as:
IxNA = 0.2667 in4

To find the shear flow at station m,

we integrate from a to m:

There is an easier way to find the integral:

Now we can find the location of the shear center.

First, convert the shear flows (lb/in) into concentrated forces (lb).
This is done by finding the area (lb) from the shear flow diagram.

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