Mechanics of Materials III:

Beam Bending
Dr. Wayne Whiteman
Senior Academic Professional and Director of the Office of Student Services
Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering
Module 35 Learning Outcomes
• Course Conclusion
 Mechanics of Materials
Foundation for all structural and
machine design STRESSES

INTERNAL STRUCTURAL
ENGINEERING EXTERNAL
FORCES AND PERFORMANCE
STRUCTURE LOADS
MOMENTS
•Axial STRAINS •deformations/deflections
•Torsional (Twisting) •yield/fracture
•Transverse/Flexural/Bending •success/failure?
•Combined Loading

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Real World Engineering Examples:
“Simply Supported Beam” – pins/rollers at ends

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Real World Engineering Examples:
Cantilever beam

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More Real World Engineering Examples:

Bridge deck chord structure

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More Real World Engineering Examples:
Machine workshop

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More Real World Engineering Examples:

Wooden beams

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More Real World Engineering Examples:

Concrete beams in a barn structure

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 Mechanics of Materials I:
Fundamentals of Stress & Strain and Axial Loading
 Internal Forces due to External Loads
 Axial Centric Loads
 Normal Stress and Shear Stress
 General State of Stress at a Point (3D)
 Plane Stress (2D)
 Normal Strain and Shear Strain
 Stress-Strain Diagrams
 Mechanical Properties of Materials
 Linear Elastic Behavior, Hooke’s Law, and Poisson’s Ratio
 Stresses on Inclined Planes
 Principal Stresses and Max Shear Stress
 Mohr’s Circle for Plane Stress
 Stress Concentrations
 Mohr’s Circle for Plane Strain
 Strain Transformation and Measuring Strains
 Generalized Hooke’s Law for Isotropic Materials
 Factor of Safety and Allowable Stresses/Loads
 Nonlinear Behavior and Plasticity
 Statically Indeterminate Structures
 Thermal and Pre-strain Effects
 Mechanics of Materials II: Thin-Walled Pressure Vessels and Torsion
 Thin-Walled Pressure Vessels - Internal Pressure
 Torsional Shearing Stress and Strain
 Elastic Torsion Formula
 Elastic Torsion of Straight, Cylindrical Shafts
 Inelastic Torsion of Straight, Cylindrical Shafts
 Statically Indeterminate Torsion Members
 Mechanics of Materials III: Beam Bending
 Shear Force and Bending Moment Diagrams
 Elastic Flexural Stresses and Strains
 Elastic Flexural Formula
 Properties of Sections
 Inelastic Bending
 Shear Stress in Beams
 Principal Stresses in Bending
 Mechanics of Materials IV:Deflections,Buckling,Combined
Loading,&Failure Theories
 Beam Curvature
 Singularity Functions for Beam Deflections
 Beam Deflections by Superposition
 Statically Indeterminate Beams
 Column Buckling
 Combined Static Loading
 Theories of Failure