Chapter 7 – Transverse Shear (aka Beam Shear Stress)

7.1 Shear in Straight

Members

Internal shear
force – creates
shear
deformation,
strain and
shear stress!

Note: due to
nature of
shear stress
get
transverse
and
longitudinal
strain.
Physical
example – when
boards glued
together, shear
stress is
developed at
surfaces which
prevents
slippage.
Notice
deformation:
key point,
deformation not
uniform!!
6.2 – Shear Stress Formula:
 Derivation of Beam Shear Stress Equation:

  Fx  0

  ' dA   dA   (tdx)  0
A' A'

 M  dM  M 
A'  I  ydA  A'  I  ydA   (tdx)  0
 Derivation of Beam Shear Stress Equation (cont’d):

Recall, dM/dx =
1  dM  V
    ydA
It  dx  A'
= Q

Internal Shear
(lb)

VQ
 First Moment of
area (in3) at point
of interest
It
Thickness of cross-
Moment of inertia section at point of
of entire cross
section (in4)
interest (in)
Q  y ' A'
Example: Square
Cross-section:
Example: I-Beam
7-11: Given: A cantilever beam with 35 Kip load at the end. Sketch the
intensity of the shear-stress distribution acting over the beam’s cross-
sectional area and determine the resultant shear force acting on the segment AB.

Question: where
would you expect max
stress to be? Why
would you be
interested in shear
stress at joint?