Group Leader Castillo, Ralph FINAL ANSWER Figure 1 Figure 2

Castro, Albert
1 Minimum breadth dimension at Bending 173.44 mm 90.08 mm
Laron, Abegail
Luna, Mark Anthony 2 Minimum breadth dimension at Shearing 150 mm 91.88 mm
Raga, John Robiemel 3 Type of stress to prevail in the design Bending Shear
stress stress
Problem 1: 4 Governing breadth dimension 174 mm 92 mm
5 Required depth dimension 261 mm 368 mm
Design a simply supported beam to carry a 5
KN/m Uniformly Distributed Load if the allowable
bending stress "Fb" is 6.5 Mpa and allowable
shear stress "ττ" is 500 Kpa.
Find the rectangular dimension if the ratio of
breadth to that of the depth is 1:1.5
Given:
Fb = 6.5 Mpa
ττ = 0.5 Mpa
d = 1.5 b

A. For Bending Stress 3 3

√𝑏3 = √5,217,032.92 𝑚𝑚3
Ray = WL/2 b = 173.44 mm
Ray = (5 Kn/m) (4.5m) / 2 minimum breadth design at Bending stress limit
Ray = 11.25 Kn
Vmax = Ray = 11.25 Kn B. For Shearing Stress

τ = VQ / Ib
Mmax = WL2/8 Q = 𝑌̅ A
Mmax = (5Kn/m) (4.5m)2 / 8 Q = (0.375 mm) (b) (0.75 b)
Mmax = 12.66 Kn.m Q = 0.28125 b2 or 0.28 b2

τ = (11.25 Kn) (1000 N) (0.28b2) / (0.28 b4) (b)

I = bd3/12
τ = 11,250 N / b2
I = (b) (1.5b)3 / 12
0.5 N / mm2 = 11,250 N / b2
I = 0.28125 b4 or 0.28 b4
√𝑏2 = √22500 𝑚𝑚2
b = 150 mm
Fb = MY/I
minimum breadth design at Shearing stress limit
6.5 N/mm2 = (12.06) (1000 N) (1000 mm) (0.75b) /
0.28 b4 Dimension at bending stress governs at b = 173.44 mm
or 174 mm
6.5 N/mm2 = 9,495,000 N.mm / 0.28 b4
d = 1.5 (174 mm)
6.5 N/mm2 = 33,910,714 N.mm / b3
d = 261 mm
b3 = 33,910,714 N.mm (mm2) / 6.5 N
Problem 2:
Design a simply supported beam to carry a 5
KN/m Uniformly Distributed Load if the allowable
bending stress "Fb" is 6.5 Mpa and allowable
shear stress "τ" is 500 Kpa.
Find the rectangular dimension if the ratio of
breadth to that of the depth is 1:4
Given:
Fb = 6.5 Mpa
τ = 0.5 Mpa
d=4b 3 3
√𝑏3 = √730,841.39 𝑚𝑚3
A. For Bending Stress b = 90.08 mm
Ray = WL/2 minimum breadth design at Bending stress limit
Ray = (5 Kn/m) (4.5m) / 2
Ray = 11.25 Kn B. For Shearing Stress
Vmax = Ray = 11.25 Kn τ = VQ / Ib
Q = 𝑌̅ A
Mmax = WL2/8 Q = (1 mm) (b) (2 b)
Mmax = (5Kn/m) (4.5m)2 / 8 Q = 2 b2
Mmax = 12.66 Kn.m
τ = (11.25 Kn) (1000 N) (2b2) / (0.28 b4) (b)
τ = 4,221.39 N / b2
I= bd3/12
0.5 N / mm2 = 4,221.39 N / b2
I = (b) (4b)3 / 12
√𝑏2 = √8942.78 𝑚𝑚2
I = 5.33 b4
b = 91.88 mm
minimum breadth design at Shearing stress limit
Fb = MY/I
Dimension at shearing stress governs at b = 92 mm
6.5 N/mm2 = (12.06) (1000 N) (1000 mm) (2b) /
5.33 b4 d = 4 (92 mm)

6.5 N/mm2 = 4,750,469.04 N.mm / b3 d = 368 mm

b3 = 4,750,469.04 N.mm (mm2) / 6.5 N