Plastic Bending of beam

➢ Permanent deformation of material.

➢ Plastic deformation occurs after elastic deformation due to the application of external loading.
➢ Hooke’s Law is not applicable if the material is plastically deformed.
➢ Stress-strain curve is non-linear in plastic region.
➢ Many properties of the solid material change considerably for plastic deformation.

Deformation propagation
on application of load

Neutral Axis:- Axis through a beam where the stress is zero. i.e; there is no
compression or tension at neutral axis.
Overview of Experiment:-
Extreme fibers achieve its maximum
stress value when beam is subjected
to an increasing bending moment.
Outer fibers are yielded and behave
Beam loses its elastic property and
plastically whereas inner part is still
become fully plastic. Also achieve
elastic. Plastic portion grows towards
its maximum deformation.
to the neutral axis by continuous
application of bending load.
Experiment is performed using three different end
setups:-
1. Simply supported beam:- Beam having
pinned support at one end and roller support at the
other end

2. Propped Cantilever beam:- one end fixed and the

other end is roller supported

3. Fixed beam:- Both the ends are fixed

Dimensions of test specimen:-
▪ Material : Steel
▪ Length = 860 mm
▪ Effective Length = 750 mm
▪ Width * thickness = 8 mm*8 mm

σ∗𝐼 𝑏∗𝑑3 𝑊
Where, My = 𝑦 Also, I = and σ =
12 𝐴
Where,
Instruction for writing Results and Discussion

➢ Plot force Vs deflection for different end conditions.

➢ Find the formula to calculate the plastic bending moment (My) for each conditions.

➢ Calculate the plastic bending moment and form factor for both beams and compare with the theoretical values.

➢ Draw the bending moment diagram for each end condition.

➢ Compare the collapse load for the three beam fixing conditions to theoretical values and identify the relation.