Stress For Beams

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For a beam with rectangular cross-section, the stress is calculated as follows:

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Where:
f: is the stress
M: the moment on this section

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L: the span of the beam


W: the distributed per unit length
y: distance to the outmost fiber from the centroid (h/2 for rectangular cross section)
I: moment of inertia - for rectangular cross section

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b: beam width
h: beam depth

The shear stress (q) on web is calculated as follows:


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Where
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