ASSIGNMENT-3

UNIT 3(Shear Flow in Closed Section)

PART A
1. Sketch the assumptions made in the derivation of Bredt-Batho formula?
2. Derive the expression for shear flow in a single cell tube under the torque?
3. A thin walled multicell tube subjected to a torque load is statically indeterminate.why?
4. Define the shearflow and torsional stiffness of a thin walled closed section subjected to
torque.
5. Find an expression for angle of twist per unit length of a thin walled closed section .
6. Find an expression for shear flow in a circular tube subjected to a vertical load through its
center.
7. Explain with neat sketch , shear flow around a multicell structure?
8. Show that for a curved web T=2Aq.
9. Derive an expression for the angle of twist per unit length.
10. Explain how the shear flow around a multicell structure subjected to tortional moment is
determined ?
11. Differentiate between statically determinate and indeterminate box beams.give examples.
12. What is a shear web?
13. State SI Units for i)shear modulus ii)Bending stress iii)Shearflow iv)Bending moment
14. Show that for a twocell tube, T =2Aq1+2Aq2
15. State the importance of the shear center position in wing structural design.
16. A thin walled doubly symmetric rectangular box beam is subjected to a vertical shearing
force applied through its centroid. Sketch the resulting shear flow pattern

Part B
1. Derive the expression for the shear flow in thin walled single cell subjected to torque
q dS
load.( β=
2 AG ∮ t
Refer class note)
2. Obtain the shear flow for the thin walled structure shown in the FigGiven that
T=20000Ncm, G=25GPa, t=1cm everywhere

(ANS:q1=31.72N/cm,q2=37.6N/cm, q3=31.84Ncm)
3. A multicell structure shown in Fig. is subjected to a clockwise torque of 1000 N-m.
Compute the shear flow in the cell structure and the associated twist.

(ANS:q1=65.67098N/cm,q2=84.0137N/cm, q3=64.000Ncm, β=17.997/Grad/sec Refer

Xerox)

4. Determine the shearflow and angle of twist per unit length of fig shown.

(ANS:q1=3.291N/cm,q2=4.2708N/cm, β=1.617/G rad/sec Refer Xerox)

5. the fig. shows a single cell beam with four flanges .find the internal shear flow force
system when the beam carries the external load of 2000N. as shown in fig.take
t=0.1cmvertical load v=2000N
 6. Obtain the shear flow for the box beam shown in Fig A1=A5 =25cm2,
A2=A3=A6=A7=7cm2 and A4=A8=12cm2.

7. Obtain the shear flow distribution for the closed section shown in Fig. Each stringer area
is 6.5 cm2.

(ANS:q0=0.374kN/cm,qab=1.064kN/cm, qbc=0.374kNcm, qcd=-0.659kN/cm, qde=-2.03kNcm

Refer Xerox)

8. Find the shear center for the wing cross section shown in fig.The cross section is
symmetrical about a horizontal axis.

( ANS:e=9.388, Refer Xerox)