SOM401M Strength of Materials IV

Shear Center Problems

Lecture notes on Mechanics/ Strength of Materials

Shear center problems, Deflection of Beams

The deflection of beams is a very important topic in the design of buildings hence it is one of the important chapters in the strength of materials subject, it involves determining of the deflection curve equation, the deflection and the slope equation. In these notes the bending-moment equation, the shear force equation, and load equation of beams is evaluated.

Buckling of columns is an important chapter is the in the strength of materials subjects. In these notes the critical load and effective length of columns with different end supports to name a few pinned ends and fixed ends. This ropic is important because it addresses a major cause if failure on columns.

The topic of combined loading/application of plane stress is one of an important chapters in the strength of materials course as this topic cover the different types of loading subjected on structure that have been dealt with in other strength of materials chapters for analyzing stress in structures.The structure that is analyzed in this paper is a pressure vessel subjected to combined loading.

Stresses in beams-advanced topics where composite beams are discussed, as this is an important topic in the strength of materials subject and mechanical engineering course as a whole. In this paper composite beams such as sandwish beams are described and an example is made for better understanding of the topic.

Transformed-sectioned Method is one of the method used to analyze stresses in composite beams whereby a beam made of two bonded material is transformed to a beam made of one material in order to be able to use the standard flexure formula for analyzing stresses in a beam.