Tutorial # 3: Shear stresses in beams, Shear Centre

1. Figure 1 shows a symmetric I-beam subjected to a vertical shear force of 80 kN. Calculate and plot the shear stress
distribution in horizontal flange and vertical web. All length dimensions are in mm.
2. Show that the shear centre for cross-section subjected to vertical shear force V and shown in Figure 2 is given as,
4
1+2
1
3
=
4
2

2+3 +2
1+ +
3
3. Show that the distribution of tangential shear stress induced by a vertical shear force V in the open thin-walled
cross-section as shown in Figure 3 is
( )=

(1

Will this shear force distribution induce twisting along with bending?

Figure 1

Figure 2

Figure 3