COMBINED

SHEARING
& FLEXURE
ENGR. KEVIN PAOLO V. ROBLES
COMBINED SHEARING AND FLEXURE
In heavily loaded short beams the design is usually governed by
shearing stress; but in longer beams the flexure stress generally
governs because the bending moment varies with both the load
and length of beam. Shearing is more important in timber
beams than in steel beams because of the low shearing strength
of wood.
EXAMPLE
The box beam in Fig. (a) supports the concentrated loads 2P
and P. Compute the maximum allowable value of P if the
working stresses in bending and shear are 1000 psi and 100
psi, respectively.
EXAMPLE
A simply supported beam L meters long carries a uniformly
distributed load of 16KN/m over its entire length and has the
cross section shown . Find L to cause a maximum flexural
stress of 40MPa. What maximum shearing stress is then
developed?

140mm

20mm

20mm 160mm
EXAMPLE
The wide flenage beam shown in the fig supports the
concentrated load W and a total uniformly distributed load 2W
KN. Determine the maximum safe value of W if fb(flexure)=10MPa
and fv(shearing)=1.4MPa

200mm
W
2W

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